"Why would our government want to have [edit: ANY] people reliant on wellfare and support, barely scraping by?"

"Why would they allow a 'lower class' of citizenry below others? I don't think we could ever have a strong country with weak foundations. Wouldn't we be better off with the whole population strong, healthful, full of creativity?"

My thoughts at least.

Crime is not exclusive to the poor, I'm sure rich people steal and cheat and scheme their own share.

Fix everybody = Everybody fixes everything