Is This Political Party Really A Theocracy?

I had this brilliant idea for a short story. In an alternate reality, there's this political party that's really a theocracy. But they refuse to admit

This political party wanted raise taxes and lower wages for the working class. They also wanted to make it harder to get on welfare. This political party's logic is that they're helping the poor help themselves. By making it harder to get on the welfare system, this will force people to try harder to look for work. This political party tries to convince people that they can look for a job in a week if they try.

The people in my story would then complain about not being able to live off their current wages, in which this political party says "you poor people are greedy."

Then I learned about