The level of "involvement" any Gov't SHOULD have in determining that folks NEED "brought up" is very much in contest as I see it.
This Country provided a "framework" for the individual, through enterprise, work, saving, planning, etc to RISE UP in wealth, status, worth, citizenry.
It has NEVER, as I am aware, "brought people up" with Governmental policy, though it has enacted policies designed to "prop up" the economic "lessers", particularly in the area of retirement and old age benefits.
IMO, there are numerous examples of Gov't "holding people down" however.
Mostly, colored folks. Red men, etc. Some poor whites here and there for balance.