[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...