Actually most conservatives (those people in the red states or Jesusland) messure domestic policy success by how many able bodied people that are liberated from relying on public assistance vs. the liberal view of domestic policy which messures it's success by ever increasing the number of people who are dependant on public assistance.

The view that everyone out in Jesusland (those 'un-enlightened' areas outside of Fremont, New York, Boston, San Fransico and L.A.) are toothless, non-contibuting and on welfare is pretty myopic.