Somebody else's echo chamber

Here's how Matthew Yglesias thinks Republicans view poverty:

"[T]he traditional conservative line [is] that poverty should be abated primarily through moral reform of the poor, rather than direct interventions, to improve their material well-being."

Er, no. The traditional conservative line is that the poor should be allowed to accumulate property until they are not poor, and then -- here's the really tricky part -- keep it. Their morals are their own lookout, as should be their money.