re: lack of perception
Is this anything like the lack of perception on the Right that assumes working people with no health insurance don't need it anyway? That assumes low-wage jobs can pay for essentials and quality child care, because how much quality can poor kids really need? That assumes no one will notice that the new increase in the Federal child tax credit will expire in a year?
Or perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps the Right perceives these things and simply has no idea that unhealthy workers and neglected children at the bottom of their economic food chain provide a shaky foundation for the continued health of the eco-system as a whole. Or maybe they figure they'll be dead by the time the long-term bills come due, so to hell with it.