(Edit – the removed comment was roughly “why give any care to poor people that create no jobs and take away money from banks and grocery store owners?”)

The simple answer to this: actually giving money to poor people is The Most Effective thing to do with it. Trickle-down is an absolute fallacy, but trickle-UP is a very measurable thing; and it’s been measured. So why care? Pure tax profit on investment – it’s smart business.

But that’s not what the non-conservatives do. They don’t give handouts but they smooth the negative effects of living poor. Fewer bad days mean more good days, and more good days mean actual economic mobility.

… you know: that thing the conservatives sell you every time but seem challenged to provide when all they do is raise middle-class taxes and cut rich-boy taxes. It’s like it’s a con.