I have heard that logic before, came from my Uncle who was insanely right wing.
His view was that a person worth was only as much as they could get paid. Regardless of how much the job brought in value to the company or the economy as a whole. As far as he was concerned, if you worked your butt off but only got paid 25 cents an hour then that was all you were worth and heaven help them if they went for welfare to cover the cost of living the job didn't cover.
As I mentioned, if you don't put in price controls, the "Worth" of those homes will magically increase across the nation to eat it. The sad thing about needed items and services, if you want to break it down, their actual worth is virtually infinite due to the fact they are needed.
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No man, he is telling the truth on it.
The general opinion among the conservative base I have seen is that the poor are lazy with the exception of themselves and the people they know.