Because we'd be swamped with trick-and-treaters, only without the costumes.
I see that went right over your head.
@JonnaBononna I was kidding, but I see that went right over YOUR head. Or, was I being serious, about the limits of generosity, and/or charity? I don't know myself. It's complicated, like everything else. Hey, I'm for universal health care, for democratic socialism, for a very narrow gap between those with the most wealth, and the least.
Someone once accused me of being pro-police brutality, because I had the nerve to ask for more info about a particular black man's death while in police custody.
So words can be abused. I'm all for getting rid of the Trump absolutist virus. Nothing is absolute. If it was we'd all be libertarians.