by barely lifting the poor or not lifting the poor, who will still be poor. Also the middle and upper middle will come down so they will become barely above poor. The best that can be done with socialism is a B- or C. And that is the best and based on world history that grade has never been achieved under socialism. Ironically the only ones that would survive socialism will be the top 1% who they purport to hate.
If we don't get to the top or near the top in football, I will probably start getting chest pains from the stress more and more. If both happen I might absolutely die, which might not be bad under both of those circumstances. But I would worry about my young adult kids and they would miss me.