> The working class in America (specifically the lower segment) is surprisingly opposed to social protections

Probably because we stopped distinguishing between the hard working poor and the indolent poor, among other reasons.

Nobody trusts the government not to throw the money away giving it to their friends who administer NGOs, or staff up huge offices of administrators, or give it away to encourage lifestyles the majority disapprove of strongly enough that they’re willing to go without themselves to prevent it.