Opponents of aiding the poor in ways that might cost money assert this kind of thing.
There are multiple issues woven in here, but one of the most basic is the concept of moral or metric based economics in which money flows toward those who are virtuous and work hard. To tax them or use some of that money is seen as stealing from the virtuous and limiting the total virtue of society.
This belief is in stark contrast to the verifiable function of aid as social stimulus. First of all, when the virtuous rich get incrementally more money they tend to save it because they don't really need it. This takes the money out of circulation, at least for a time. On the other hand the poor and middle class tend to immediately spend most of their money on strategic goods like education for their children. This not only puts the money back into circulation but also enables elites to capture a small amount of every transaction.
The important thing to take away is that social constructions like money and economies are not inherently connected to morality or reasonable metrics and really need to be thoroughly inspected and managed in order to get results that may correspond to some moral or metric projections.
There are multiple issues woven in here, but one of the most basic is the concept of moral or metric based economics in which money flows toward those who are virtuous and work hard. To tax them or use some of that money is seen as stealing from the virtuous and limiting the total virtue of society.
This belief is in stark contrast to the verifiable function of aid as social stimulus. First of all, when the virtuous rich get incrementally more money they tend to save it because they don't really need it. This takes the money out of circulation, at least for a time. On the other hand the poor and middle class tend to immediately spend most of their money on strategic goods like education for their children. This not only puts the money back into circulation but also enables elites to capture a small amount of every transaction.
The important thing to take away is that social constructions like money and economies are not inherently connected to morality or reasonable metrics and really need to be thoroughly inspected and managed in order to get results that may correspond to some moral or metric projections.