No, it's because, honestly, educated people who understand how governments work know that economies of scale are necessary to implement effective policies that

No, it's because, honestly, educated people who understand how governments work know that economies of scale are necessary to implement effective policies that help the poor. Charity is nice and all, but most charity is tremendously inefficient, and cannot, sustainably, work on the sorts of multi-decade efforts that are needed by people with real issues to create effective change. It's great that people volunteer on home building and feeding, but again: if you want to end child malnutrition, have effective school lunches in poor areas. There's not enough volunteers in the planet to do that effectively.