Still trying to understand why there are poor conservatives

From Crooks and Liars

'1776' Revisited: The Conservatives Are Still 'Cool, Cool Considerate Men'

In an exchange that stings now even more than it did then, John Hancock tells John Dickinson, "Fortunately there are not enough men of property in America to dictate policy," and Dickinson replies, "Perhaps not. But don't forget that most men without property would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich, than face the reality of being poor."