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Adam Smith never said that “The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations”, as some people who have never read him think. It is hard to think of a less Smithian view – he was the opposite of that quote’s patrician and patronising voice, and had a deep compassion for people who had been unlucky in life.
http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/inter...an-the-difference-between-wealth-and-poverty/
If Adam Smith didn't say that, you had better check with about 50 different quotation sources that say he did. Regardless... whoever said it, they were exactly right. Government handouts to "poor" people robs the poor of their aspirations.