Keep them dumb, poor and dependent. This ensures that the deep state has a reliable voting base. This has been true all the way back to Lyndon Baines Johnson (who said on starting the Great Society program - "this will have the ni**ers voting Democrat for 200 years"). From the Foundation for Economic Education:
7 Things I'd Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor
If I wanted to keep poor people poor, there are several government policies I would favor. Let's count them down.
1: An Expanding Welfare State
For starters, I would advocate for a robust and ever-expanding welfare state—programs like Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment insurance, etc.
I would recognize that an effective recipe for keeping poor people poor is to create incentives that push them into decisions that prevent them from climbing out of poverty.
Much more on this example and six more with links to corroborating data.
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