In all the political conversations I've had with Republicans and/or conservatives, I have never heard this mentioned as a reason.

I have, plenty of times. In fact, one conservative whined about "Hollywood" values and cited that movie with Eddie Murphy, Trading Places. He was whining that the movie was so stupid, because a guy from the ghetto who is suddenly put in charge of a lot money would just spend his money all the time, while the Dan Aykroyd character (who lost everything) would just start a new business and make tons of money all over.