I certainly don’t know the answer or even if there is one to this dilemma. But if a guaranteed income were available for all it likely would help someone in your situation find affordable help. Work can be fun and it’s also a reason to get up and get going--aside from just income.

You had mentioned the CCC. CCC and New Deal structures are all over Oregon and us Oregonians enjoy them to this day. I am not so sure the young “kids” of today are willing to bust their asses doing the physical work it took to build these structures, but perhaps they would be.

Anyway, a link to current New Deal structures still in use today in Oregon:

New Deal Structures in Oregon

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.