https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_poverty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_poverty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_and_Dimed https://en.wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_poverty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_poverty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_and_Dimed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_and_Dimed It's much easier for people to take responsibility for their situation if they're at least middle class. Personal responsibility helps, but it's not a society wide solution. That's why our cars are made of metal and have a million systems to prevent and alleviate crashes. Our planes have checklists 10 feet long before they take off. People have agency and that agency should be helped. Look at Sweden, where there are a ton of what the US would call "handouts", and Sweden, as a result, has one of the highest per capita rates of entrepreneurship. Turns out, yeah, some people just sit on their butts all day long if you give them money, but statistically, most people want to be productive. And at the end of the day, you're better off. Add a bunch of guardrails to reduce abuse.