Haven’t you heard? Able-bodied adults are no longer responsible for solving their problems.
As far as the working poor go and the lower middle class generally they work harder than any of us. If you feel defensive about that comment I will rephrase it those folks generally work harder than most Americas. Putting them down has been a way to use them as lazy. It is total bull.
We have a user society. That does not mean we have a capitalistic society so it has to be a user society.
In 2019 42.4% of all American workers were paid less than $15 per hour.
I have no idea why people here are kidding themselves. Unless y’all are making more than $400k per year and do not want tax hikes.
People who stay home with babies often find it a better option than paying for childcare. I guess keeping the US in a backwards state is an option, but I do not like that option one bit.
Meanwhile these programs all grow the US economy justly. The economics is well known and studied. That is good for the people earning over $400k per year.