And "poor" people are not poor,  by 1949 standards.  So what?  In 1964 my "work-study" job in college paid $0.85/hour.  Not 1964,  either.  But I worked in the woods in summer,  spring term had a green chain swing shift job I shared with another student:  20 hours a week at $2.10 an hour.  Tuition was $98 a quarter,  and dorm was $235 a quarter,  including cafeteria 20 meals a week.  So what?   I graduated with zero debt.  Got a job that paid $550 a month.  Rejected teaching because that paid less than $300 a month.  So what?  Nobody knew JFK allowing government civil service to  unionize would end up with public jobs in Oregon,  on PERS,  to enable some to retire at four times their last monthly salary.   Which makes a million dollar temporary housing  cost for those who wont' work, don't work,  won't live by societal rules,  an insane proposition.   Phil Gramm's uphill wagon has fewer pulling it and way more riding in it.  Doomed to fail.  Waste of money and honorable folks' taxes.