I think I can appreciate the Professor a bit more, in how he has to continuously correct his students mispellings, since here in the saloon, we seem to have to keep correcting his apparent endless erroneous assumptions and claims, when it comes to what "the right wing" thinks, believes, and more importantly, is "upset over". Here's a hint, it has nothing to do with like or dislike of poor people.
Speaking as a once dirt poor person, and now solidly middle class, I can see how both classes are being so screwed by would be, well intended, know-it-alls, that are either firmly entrenched in government, or buy their politicians, like Unions do. Those who push Government to produce more and more tax payer payed programs that enable the status quo of ever expanding government......to produce more and more tax payer payed programs that enable the status quo of ever expanding government......to produce....you can see the pattern here. The only one getting "helped" are those that support and/or are directly a part of an ever expanding level of control by our Federal Government.
My class is getting economically/financially killed with taxes and mandates to enable an ever growing poor class, that in turn looks to bigger and bigger government. That "help" also removes the bulk of any incentive to better one's self, since why put so much effort into it, if we can simply rely on the Government....(read taxpayers). There is no where near enough of "the rich" to support this unsustainable path. Nor is it morally appropriate to punish "the rich" and middle classes, with higher and higher taxes, in order to grow an ever expanding poor class, just to create an endless need for more political power and make jealous leftists feel better about themselves. There is no right to equal outcomes. There is no right to health insurance. There are going to be folks who make bad decisions. There are going to be those who practice bad judgement. It is not the role of Government or the tax payer to enable such a pattern, without repercussions
Bottom line is that the best role of government is the role it was specifically designed to perform, as clearly layed out in the Constitution. Including the mechanisms to change that role, if self proclaim know-it-alls, think the Government should take a more parental role, including punishing those who stray from what "they" have decided you should be doing/acting, like getting your child 2 scoops of ice cream instead of the preferred 8 oz portion of non-fat yogurt.
And don't even think there's not a desire to turn this into actual legislation. The rationalizations are already well established in supporting the 'good intentions" of such laws, already pushed and passed