Not if people save money. What you're saying is some other formulation of the trickle down, and it just doesn't work. Welfare is a form of redistribution. The

Not if people save money. What you're saying is some other formulation of the trickle down, and it just doesn't work. Welfare is a form of redistribution. The economy is much better when money is spent for housing people, feeding people, and let them have a decent, small amount of leisure. It's a matter of scale. You better have more people spending money, than fewer people spending it. You better build 25 town car than 1 ferrari. But I agree that some can praise individual success and consider that people living in poverty is okay, but I don't think it really the country as a whole.