Thanks Jeff for the reply. But progressives (other than you evidently) do support bigger government and expansion in every direction. Socialized medicine, schools, housing, phones, you name it, they want to supply it.

Big Businesses and the wealthy are not paying as a direct result of progressives. Small business and working people are picking up the tab for them and everyone else. Progressives like Bush, Obama, Clinton and Trump are at the heart of the problem. They lie and call themselves conservative then pass the largest handouts/bailouts/social programs they can.

I don't blame the poor for being poor. I disagree with what to do about them. IMO it is idiotic to give a drunk a warm place to drink and expect him to change his lifestyle because of it.