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I used to believe this but it turns out that net benefits (by almost any measure) have increased continually: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-0
by nugget 8y ago
I used to believe this but it turns out that net benefits (by almost any measure) have increased continually:
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-05-16/the-u-s-social-safety-net-has-improved-a-lot https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-05-16/the-u-...
The fact that so many people don't "feel" more secure from these very expensive investments may point to other structural problems.
- sjg007 8y agoHuh.. thanks for the clarification. I should have googled first!
- Aeolun 8y agoOr maybe the social security net was always atrocious, now it’s just a little bit less so. (Not saying that’s necessarily the case, just that it could be)
- refurb 8y agoThe US has a larger social spending budget than Canada. So if the US is “less horrendous”, then canada’s must be even worse?