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Who's to say the person making $150,000 is living better?
Anecdotally, I just moved from a city with a median rent of $1600/month to a town where I just pay for utilities, to watch someone's second home. I make the same amount of money.
I used to live near a low income grocery store that reduced my food expenses by 75%.
When I have access to a garden I can cut down my yearly food costs by a few hundred dollars.
I have no children. My friend with two kids makes twice as much as me and has less disposable income.
I still say give everyone the same amount. If it ends up making them disproportionately wealthy, tax the wealth.