Politicians today love to pander to the poor and they like to tell us what they can do to help the poor!  The problem is, these guys don't help the poor!  The poor today live better than kings did just a few hundred years ago!  This prosperity has come from increases in productivity and this is all a result of capitalism! A rising tide lifts all boats and when more products are produced and more efficiently produced, prices come down!  We need more capitalism and a free market and less government!