I think you're right but for the wrong reasons. IME few people genuinely care about the poor beyond micromanaging them for their own good or getting them to be

I think you're right but for the wrong reasons. IME few people genuinely care about the poor beyond micromanaging them for their own good or getting them to be out of sight out of mind. Sin taxes, generally speaking, are how the HN class incentivizes the landscaper class to behave more like them (to varying degrees and with various pretexts as needed per issue). Currently they are mostly limited by the middle class's ability to exempt itself. Finer targeting will enable them to go hog wild.