Quote Originally Posted by DetroiterOnTheWestCoast View Post
Its a total fallacy that conservatives are against redistributionist policies. Its just that they want a redistribution UP. Such as the several rich GOP congress critters who railed against food stamps while they fully avail themselves of crop subsidies for their farms. They are personal socialists lining their pockets at our expense.
I wouldn't label anyone favoring farm subsidies as conservative, even if they would. Farm subsidies have been disrupting the market and raising the cost of food for everyone since the 1930s. As for "redistributing UP" as you say, I would be against it if it were possible. But the genuinely poor in this country who do work, pay little in taxes. In fact, due to EITC and various assistance programs one can qualify for regardless of job status, many "working poor" receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes. Not every working poor person, but many. And, obviously, the non-working poor are only capable of receiving money, not paying it.