[refurb]

Rich individuals are setup to benefit from the programs for the poor.

Can you give an example how the rich benefit from programs like social security, Medicaid, food stamps?

[wmil]

Food stamps allow wealthy people to hire help for less than it costs to feed their children.

Before anyone jumps on me, I'm not saying letting their children starve is a valid solution.

But anti-poverty programs unquestionably allow illegal immigrants to work for wages less than it would take to support their families lifestyle, which encourages them to come to the US.

Upper middle class and wealthy people benefit from that.

The other issue with food stamps is that it's pretty common for poor people with drug problems to turn them into cash by buying steaks / meat and selling to restaurants.

So the hallmarks of the wealthy Cali lifestyle end up indirectly subsidized by food stamps.

[refurb]

By that logic, everything that helps the poor helps the rich. Not that helpful when it comes to policy decisions.

[taeric]

Combined with the logic that not everything that helps the rich helps the poor, it isn't that bad. Keeps you from trying to make the poor pay for policy, after all...

[larrywright]

I’m not who you are replying to, but you can make an argument that companies like Walmart are able to pay their employees less because many of them are receiving government aid. I know I’ve seen statistics on the % of Walmart employees that are on food stamps, and it’s shockingly high.

[taeric]

The siblings to this post covered it, but I apologise for not responding.

Basically, a hiring class benefits from a healthy and safe hitting pool. For mostly obvious reasons.