All of these social engineering types operate on a very flawed fundamental premise, that the ‘have nots’ are all like Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, and all the ‘haves’ are like Ebenezer Scrooge. That’s just not so.
Most of the ‘haves’ in this country are fair and compassionate people who worked hard to achieve what they have in life. They are most certainly not ‘Scrooges’, and they are not at fault for the plight of the have nots. The ‘have nots’ is a complex category, and includes some who have had very bad luck that was out of their control, and some who have no ambition other than to game the system. Any strategy to help the ‘have nots’ that doesn’t take into consideration this difference is not fair, and is not sustainable.
Further, the term ‘have nots’ is extremely relative. What does it mean to ‘not have’? Not have what? Are we talking about basic needs, or are we talking about things like a car, home ownership etc. Very complex issues that have been distilled by the left into a class warfare strategy. Irresponsible, and egregious.
LBJ's welfare socialism has failed - BIG TIME. It destroyed the inner city family, education system, increased racism (w/jessie's help) and promoted marxism at the expense of individual freedom.
“class warfare” is simply playing on the basic sin of covetousness,
and it is what the left is all about.