Poverty comes in more ways than from being lazy or a low-income worker, much poverty comes from being unable to work because of injuries or age..Yes, there are those that abuse the system but the large majority of welfare is for kids and the elderly and these two groups are the ones the right likes to attack the most because they are the most vulnerable and politically powerless.
Or it's because of what we see and hear every single day?
I'm 58 years old and I've understood my entire life that Social Security will not be enough when I get older. I did something about it, and it's difficult to have empathy for those who did not.
Your welfare claim is to the point as well. WTF are people having kids they can't afford to raise? Well......because if we actually tried to do something, the left would be screaming WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!! It's what they do every time to get their way politically.
So because of the left, there is virtually nothing that can be done for these people. Forcing people to be responsible is tough love, and tough love comes with allowing bad things to happen to people so that others may learn from their terrible experience.