Some like me look at poverty aid as a safety net in case a situation occurs and you are truly destitute and need a little help to get back on your feet.
Others view it not as a net, but as a hammock.
What it all boils down to is this single view will almost always place the (D) or the (R) next to your name.
Conservatives have another view. We believe in the Constitution. Its not the job of the federal government to supply a social safety net. We are a Republic with a governing system based on federalism and states rights.
According to the Founders/Framers, each state can set up whatever system their citizens desire. Each state can choose to supply its citizens with everything from endless social welfare, to absolutely nothing, or some level in between.
After 40+ years of the Democrats created liberal welfare state, we’ve wasted trillions of dollars for nothing. The poverty rate in America is basically unchanged. Big government is not the answer.