The Venezuelan government implements several systems like this to force the people to vote for them, from given them free bags full of food, T.Vs, some people even get houses for free and then when the next election comes around they get threated, vote for us or we kick you out or kill or harm your family.

This is the strategy "smart" dictators use, get the people to be dependent on the state and then force them to do your will under the threat of removing all their luxuries or their means of living.