Can someone tell me what exactly Republicans propose doing to address poverty? They refuse to consider a living wage law, which would guarantee that everyone who works would make enough to get by, and the taxpayer would no longer be helping Walmart pay its workforce via food stamps, Medicaid, TANF, Head Start, etc. They want to gut all of the above programs that help low wage workers survive, forcing the taxpayers to make up for what their employers refuse to pay.

They oppose New Deal-type programs where the government would mobilize the unemployed to do public works projects during times of unemployment. They seem to generally have a contempt verging on outright loathing for the working poor, calling them "losers", "takers", "moochers", etc.

They tell them it's no one's fault but their own that they are paid so little, and they like to insist that if they were better at their jobs they would get paid more and/or promoted, despite the fact that this rarely happens in low level service jobs. They refuse to even consider providing free higher education, and they flaunt their lack of sympathy for people with student loans they can't pay off, saying they should have known better.