Actually, it doesn't. The liberal response to an issue is to throw more money at it. It is not the lack of funding that perpetuates poverty. It is throwing yet more money at it that actually does the damage. Money does not cure poverty. Education - properly targeted - does.
It is the principle of 'buy a man a fish and feed him for a day' over 'teach him to fish and feed him for a lifetime'.
Same principle, different problem. Want proof? Look at Europe, where they have tried the 'throw money at it' for decades. What have they achieved? A generation who thinks they are entitled to welfare and handouts. Do we really want to do that kind of damage to our own citizens?
Several overly simplistic points with a cliche in it does not a valid response make.
And when "looking" at Europe..which Europe?
Europeans from France, Germany and England are some of the hardest working indivduals on the planet. Greece? Not so much.
France, Germany and England are some of the what?



Yea... right. I know at least two of those countries very, very well... and I am fond of both... but 'the hardest working'? That's just not true.
What I said is backed up by evidence. EU countries are desperately scrabbling to get away from the welfare mentality that has become ingrained in their cultures. Britain's welfare state has all but collapsed... and the IMF agrees that the British coalition government's austerity measures are vital to save their economy.