Picture a dog that has lost a leg. Democrats will replace the leg so it will have 4 legs to stand on.
Republicans will help the dog by chopping off a second leg, diagonal to the missing leg. The dog will have two legs to stand on. Those legs may get strong.
Just as the dog with only two legs to stand on gains greater strength in the legs that remain, so the GOP argues that the poor, the unemployed, the deaf, dumb, blind and crippled, with far fewer benefits from the government will develop their own resources and will be enabled to stand forth in American society.
The GOP is not heartless. They will not pay taxes to help you out, or your dog, BUT they will have you in their prayers.