So say the government gives you 12k a year, and your taxes go up by 10k a year, wouldn't that still be beneficial to you?
Something like 30-40% of this program could be paid for by feeding in dollars existing programs, the lions share of the rest of it from the financial transactions tax (sucks if your business is high frequency trading), and a smaller portion from a VAT.
I'd consider leaving intact WIC, because I look a a GMI mostly as a replacement for minimum wage.
I'd pay for it with a financial transactions tax (something minuscule like .001 cents on the dollar for any money transfer, and a VAT.