For better or worse the US's heterogenous culture leads to a lot of resentment along racial lines. This makes it difficult to enact welfare as politicians can u

For better or worse the US's heterogenous culture leads to a lot of resentment along racial lines. This makes it difficult to enact welfare as politicians can use pre built racial resentment to distract from solving the problem. The whole "welfare queen" thing doesn't work without the racial othering aspect.