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Why is TARP the only program we judge with ROI? Investment into NASA or infrastructure or education also has a return on investment, but anytime TARP is mentio
by aqme28 7y ago
Why is TARP the only program we judge with ROI?
Investment into NASA or infrastructure or education also has a return on investment, but anytime TARP is mentioned in comparison someone will bring up its ROI.
I know the answer is that the ROI for TARP is so much easier to quantify, but I still want to make the distinction that it's not unique for a government program.
- naasking 7y ago> Why is TARP the only program we judge with ROI? Seriously. The ROI of solving the homeless and mental health crisis to the point where most of them can get back to work and become tax paying citizens is probably pretty good too.
- reallydude 7y agoThere's not a lot of evidence that homelessness and mental health welfare will generate net positive tax revenue. Ever met someone on anti-psychotics? They go through the rest of their life barely able to grasp new concepts with a drug specifically designed to mute that part of their brain, alongside the side effects on their relatively short-lived organs being poisoned by the same drug cocktail.
- naasking 7y agoThose needing anti-psychotics are a small subset of the population I mentioned.
- DanBC 7y ago> Ever met someone on anti-psychotics? Yes, I meet very many people who take a variety of anti-psychotic meds. > They go through the rest of their life barely able to grasp new concepts with a drug specifically designed to mute that part of their brain, This describes a few of them, but not most of them.