That "stealing" argument doesn't fly in Australia, just like disability and unemployment pension are not seen as stealing, even though they are much more redist

That "stealing" argument doesn't fly in Australia, just like disability and unemployment pension are not seen as stealing, even though they are much more redistribution-y. I wasn't poor even before I moved to Australia, and I would go to a store, buy some crap for a week (far from everything I needed) for $X, then see a notice saying "hiring cashiers, $2X a month". I'm probably speaking for a lot of Australians - I want none of that working poverty here, and high minimum wages and Medicare always were big parts of that.