When you subsidize laziness and acceptance of poverty, you get what you pay for.
A little less crime? The poor are not going to simply lie down and die for you.
Actually when push comes to shove, most poor will try to improve themselves if given enough stimulus. Look at how this country was improved via immigration from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. Do you think it was rich people hopping on ships for months at a time to make a better life for themselves?
Excellent point but you shouldn't confuse the dunderheads by using the word "stimulus" here...
Motivation is a better word.
It should be pointed out, all these poor immigrants who came from Europe with virtually nothing to their name, didn't have a government safety net, didn't have minimum wage, didn't have social welfare programs. Somehow, they survived.. not only did they survive, they built the most powerful nation to ever exist. How did that happen?
Well, they didn't have a choice. They had to work to feed themselves. The efforts of their production is what built the nation. But not only did it build a great nation, it built great character. It's amazing how this very important detail is lost on today's progressive.
I was watching the Democrat convention and listening to Hillary's speech. She mentioned growing up and conveyed a story from her childhood where she had worn ribbons in her hair to school or something and the kids had bullied her. She went home crying to her mother who told her, "there are no cowards in this family!" She sent her right back to school the next day.
Now.... today's progressive would accuse Hillary's mom of child abuse! They would be lobbying for some kind of protection from the bullies... some sort of "safe space" for poor little bullied Hillary. So the very thing that helped to build the character in Hillary to make her qualified to be the leader of her party is the thing they want to eliminate. It's total blind hypocrisy.
Some will undoubtedly interpret this as Boss advocating bullying.. that's not my point. We are often faced with obstacles and adversity in life and that helps to build our character as individuals. Coddling and protecting, insulating people from these kinds of experiences, is not helping to build character. The same can be said for the endless entitlements and welfare programs... it's not "helping" anyone.. it's teaching people to be dependent and rely on others to take care of them.