I think Moon is onto something. Also add to that poor working people will advocate for cutting SS, Medicare, and other programs they will depend upon when they grow older. Many of those folk believe in lower wages and less benefits on top of it. How did this happen?
Milton Friedman and the Chicago School of Economics told Republicans that all government social programs “distort” the free market. Republicans ate that one up with a fork and spoon and have been running with it ever since.
It should be noted that despite the damage done to the economies in South America, leading to extreme poverty and great wealth in every country where Friedman’s policies were imposed, along with the brutal repression of all union and leftists movements, American Republicans are still pushing Friedman’s failed ideas.