Food for Thought

If Democrats are considered "the poor man's party" and Republicans "the rich man's party", why would Democrats try to make the poor richer? According to logic that would only lose votes for the party since the poor are now rich and voting for Republicans. Just food for thought.

Pondering

Is the flying squirrel foolish for making a leap to a branch with unknown strength? Or is it merely logical for believing in its own intuition and gut feeling of the unknown? Should we act as the flying squirrel in certain aspects of life and take that leap of faith?