The War on Poverty has cost trillions and has only multiplied their numbers - though the definitions of “poverty” and “poor” have certainly been massaged and exploited. The Left loves this issue because if you protest, you are greedy and/or racist - so people naturally tend to shy away from such labels.
You describe the very tactic I am talking about.
I am tired of having ‘war’ made against the American people. I am tired of seeing our society divided against itself.