I'm not saying giving money to lower-income people hurts them. I'm saying the price increases will hurt them more than the money they get will help them.
> I'm not saying giving money to lower-income people hurts them. I'm saying the price increases will hurt them more than the money they get will help them.
For that to be true, the price increase of goods purchased by the poor induced by the additional income would have to be a greater multiple than the additional income of the poor; this doesn't make any kind of sense.