He's only telling the whole truth even if it is ugly. Limited resources have to be allocated efficiently, otherwise they end up being wasted and everyone suffers in the end. That waste causes needless poverty.
It was more the utter contempt he had for the poor. The assertion that poor people making use of resources is a "waste" is just wrong however you look at it - factually, socially, morally, economically.
Honestly surprised to see someone unapologetically make a statement like this, let alone have someone else back it up as an "uncomfortable truth". I'm not even trying to be PC or "woke" or anything. It was just genuinely that shocking to read.
That really is the whole difference between rich and poor - how much resources you have access to. You may not like the fact that we aren't all equally wealthy but it's the reality. I want a CNC machine but I can't afford one because I'm poor. According to you, I have as much right to one as the rich person who bought one for himself. I don't agree. I think I should not get one unless I contribute enough value to society in the form of paid work that I can afford to buy it. If I was given it for free, I would not make as much use of it as someone who wanted it enough to earn then pay the cost. It would sit wasted in my basement most of the time. So it's good that other people aren't sacrificing anything for that waste.
Roads aren't some kind of natural resource that all humans have a birth right to, they're made and maintained by human labor just as CNC machines are.
