The issue is never the issue. Everything Leftists pretend to care about. Is a vehicle to advance communist ideology. Personal responsibility wailing for Daddy government to save you is a recipe for suffering, especially when it starts pretending it's going to help.
Never forget the only thing Leftists hate more than work is responsibility.
Notice how Joel's response to rising food prices is to give personal financial advice? This is because conservatives are are incapable of conceptualizing a society, they can only conceive problems on a personal level.