Actions speak louder than words.
We constantly hear from the “progressives” that they are all about helping the poor, which they invariably want to do by expanding the scope and power of the state. But do they really care about the poor, or is that just one of their excuses for expanding the power and scope of the state?
In this AIER essay, John Tamny argues forcefully that it’s the latter. The devastation the COVID lockdowns have inflicted on the poor (here, and even more in other countries) reveals the hypocrisy of all the talk about concern for the poor.
He writes, “Members of the [left] have for so long carried themselves as compassionate, as filled with love for those with the least. 2020-21 loudly revealed how empty their posturing is, and seemingly has always been. The world’s poorest were rushing toward starvation and poverty by the hundreds of millions as a consequence of countries like the U.S. taking a break from reality, yet the American left were adamant that any movement away from lockdowns was irresponsible, and the stuff of freedom-loving mouthbreathers from red states.”
Read the whole thing.
Maybe, just maybe, poor people will grasp the reality that leftist policies and programs, from lockdowns to minimum-wage laws to welfare are really about helping wealthy leftists feel good and maintain power, not about helping the poor to better themselves.