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" Also, I pay up to keep the beggars and robbers off the street." More social programs just create a lower class that has a lifetime dependence on the governme
by rick888 16y ago
" Also, I pay up to keep the beggars and robbers off the street."
More social programs just create a lower class that has a lifetime dependence on the government for money. It also doesn't seem to lower the crime rate. Detroit is a good example of this. There were more social programs and money pumped into that city than any other, yet the murder rate is #2 in the US.
- adin 16y agoIt also doesn't seem to lower the crime rate. [...] There were more social programs and money pumped into that city than any other, yet the murder rate is #2 in the US. This should be pretty obvious to most HN readers, but I'm reminding people anyway. "Correlation does not imply causation".
- Tichy 16y agoSocial programs are not the same thing as social insurance. I am happy to live in a country where the amount of violence that seems to be normal in the US is still inconceivable.