Actually, yes there are people who live off the Canada Child Benefit:  https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/inside-the-market/how-canadas-youngest-retiree-derek-foster-learned-his-own-lesson/article36519213/

I still think it is a good program but agree that if you keep paying people who make more than $50-60,000, it is really just buying votes.