Thats strange....I would have thought that a smart person would be aware of who and why others are confiscating his hard earned money and what they might be spending it on.....
but then the key phase here is "smart person".....so you're forgiven....
and we're not really sure these people are "poor"....maybe they are middle class...they still get the Soc. Sec.
you thrive on what the poor are doing etc, the country club set doesn't even count SS in retirement plans. for us it might pay our insurance premium