@Charles_in_Charge @judgedread The idea they recently floated, to establish (not 401k's?) for all children, available at adulthood when certain conditions are met...
...this is a last grasp at bringing everyone in.
The problem being, it doesn't matter how much money you have if the people outside your door are hostile to you.
They need a "People", but all they've managed to do is recreate late-empire Rome: mudhut-dwelling savages on the borders are equally "citizens".
Why struggle and try?