> you wouldn't have enough money to give everyone a middle class lifestyle.
What's a "middle class lifestyle"?
I ask because poor people in the US have a lot of things that might be considered luxury items in other places, such as TVs, microwaves, cars, and so on. (One of my favorite examples is someone who ranted "I'm homeless. Me and my five children have to share a two bedroom apartment.")
exactly, by all reasonable metrics we already have achieved the ideal of a baseline below which people can't fall. the cries of more aid for the poor when the aid already given is distributed inefficiently and unfairly seems disingenuous at best and power seeking at worst.
What's a "middle class lifestyle"?
I ask because poor people in the US have a lot of things that might be considered luxury items in other places, such as TVs, microwaves, cars, and so on. (One of my favorite examples is someone who ranted "I'm homeless. Me and my five children have to share a two bedroom apartment.")