Quick Thought

Sorry, but today I have so much work to do it is not even funny.... but I thought about something.

I wonder if the prevailing sentiment of an utter disdain for the poor that we have here evolved from the English's complete hatred of the poor in the 16th and 17th centuries.  They often blamed the poor and unemployed for all the ills of the country and envied smaller countries who did not seem to have the same poverty issues (perhaps because they treated their poor differently or they did not have such a growing population in a limited space with limited opportunity)... but anyway... just a thought.