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theprof00 said:
It is basically the equivalent of lowering taxes for the lower and middle class.
Modern conservatives would never be on board with this, despite that conservatives pushed for welfare because giving money to people actually does increase the economy.

Only in terms of numbers, in terms of standard of living you actually stay the same (if not fall backwards) as the money has to come from somewhere else to be given in the first place.