The strange origins of the GOP ideology that rejects caring for the poor

[bhikkhu]

7. The biggest unfounded assumption there is that "the poor" don't work

I've known a lot of poor people, and most of them work their asses off just to stay above water. While battling depression, all sorts of unfortunate circumstances, things they can't overcome themselves, but mostly jobs that should pay better. There is no excuse to have "structural poverty" in one of the wealthiest nations on earth, in an era, realistically, of historic abundance.

Of course, lazy poor do exist, but much of the time even that has some cause and effect to it, things beyond their control or immediate ability to overcome.