‘Need’ now means wanting someone else’s money. ‘Greed’ means wanting to keep your own. ‘Compassion’ is when a politician arranges the transfer.

 American journalist and writer Joe Sobran (1946-2010) wrote in The Economics of Liberty (1990);

"In the current political vocabulary, ‘need’ means wanting to get someone else’s money.
‘Greed,’ which used to mean what “need” now means, has come to mean wanting to keep your own.
‘Compassion’ means the politician’s willingness to arrange the transfer.”

This has usually been condensed to:

“‘Need’ now means wanting someone else’s money.
‘Greed’ means wanting to keep your own.
‘Compassion’ is when a politician arranges the transfer.”

https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/need_now_means_wanting_someone_elses_money/