“I don’t know how to answer that,” translates as, “If I tell the truth, I’ll reveal the agenda, and if I lie, it will be obvious to anyone with two working brain cells.”
This seems to happen to leftists a lot; their expressions are priceless!
In the context of government intrusion into the lives of people, that statment is a self perpetuating ideal that guarantees people identify their needs as those that can be provided by the state.
A truly noble way to empower people would be for "Social workers seek to enhance the capacity of people to address provide their own needs. But that would put social workers out of business.
When is the last time anyone every heard of a government social worker layoff other than a budget shortfall?
On that statement alone, how do you logically conclude that?
A liberal would tell their “client”, “There’s food stamps, utilities assistance, housing assistance, check-ups, vaccinations and drugs at the health department”. The client would say “Thank-you”.
A conservative would say, “They’re hiring over at such and such. Schooling is available to get a skill or education to advance to a job with better pay and you could in a couple of years rent a house and move out of the project”
The client would say: “But then I’d have to pay my own bills for food, rent, utilities”. No thank you.