"hey, how about I buy your kids a few packs of smokes, will that make you happy?"
What an enlightened response. Have you ever had to find the root cause to any problem? Do you understand the difference between a symptom and a root cause?
Of course I know the difference.
And you may call it an unenlightened response, but then so is "put your money where your mouth is." And I think that's a classic.