The attitude that poor people need "tough love" is extremely condescending, so yes, it's difficult to distinguish tough love from no love.
> many people simply don’t think welfare is going to actually help.
The article argues that this belief is not based on the empirical evidence.
I suspect that this belief is actually the result of a condescending attitude toward poor people rather than the cause of so-called "tough love" policies.
The attitude that poor people need "tough love" is extremely condescending, so yes, it's difficult to distinguish tough love from no love.
> many people simply don’t think welfare is going to actually help.
The article argues that this belief is not based on the empirical evidence.
I suspect that this belief is actually the result of a condescending attitude toward poor people rather than the cause of so-called "tough love" policies.