This is not an atypical right wing ploy.
As an example, back when Reagan was president they redefined Mental Illness and put almost all the institutionalized patients on the streets. Many died on the streets and many ended up in prisons as a result. It was great for the profits of newly privatized prisons.
yep, just keep lowering the bar. they're trying to get ahead of greater numbers of impoverished from the shrinking middle-class.