I don’t know that all “conservatives” were born into wealthy families.
The Martinez family, mother and I, started out life with a trash bag full of baby clothes and an old Plymouth. The first house I can remember living in had lawn furniture in the living room, there was only a stand up shower so baths were given to me in the sink, and the bugs were bad enough that I was scared to sleep in my own room.
By the time I reached grade school mom had a steady job at the IRS, received a HUD loan to buy her first house, and had me in the school lunch program.
In 1990 when I graduated high school the house bought on the HUD loan was now being rented out and I had a partial scholarship to college.
I now have 3 rental properties of my own and my mother goes to Cancun every year after Thanksgiving.
Did we get help, yes, was it permanent no. Was the plan for us to become self sufficient, of course, and through hard work and time it happened.
Wanting to give someone a lift up is different from being willing to continually give someone a hand out. I’ve seen too many people that started out with nothing end up with their own businesses and making it by themselves. I’ve seen friends that got laid off move to different areas to support their family and find work.
Being conservative doesn’t mean that no one gets help it means that no one gets help indefinitely. It means giving someone the ability to make the hard decisions, nothing in life is easy. As for the tax cuts, everyone got one and the people who benefited the most where the middle class and below. Anything else is propaganda for the left.
There are still problems with poverty and how we work with the poverty line. However, it’s not possible to help 100% of the population all of the time.
Remember it’s the right to pursue happiness, not the right to happiness. If it means retooling or moving then that’s the price. Life is about hard decisions and if you’re counting on someone else to guide you through it or hold your hand then you’re in the wrong country.
