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I struggle to think of major social programs that we've cut at all, much less "to the bone."
by hcurtiss 6y ago
I struggle to think of major social programs that we've cut at all, much less "to the bone."
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoAre you kidding me? The entire neoliberal agenda is to defund social welfare programs and instead plunge that money into funding the police. It's easier and cheaper to repress disgruntled citizens than to fund social equity programs. It's why you see low pay for teachers and grad students and adjuncts at universities, it's why mental health programs at schools are being axed and are being replaced with school cops, it's why transit sucks, it's why public spaces in the US suck.
- mlillie 6y agoThere was a sea change in views on welfare in the 80s-90s[1], culminating with the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. Between means-testing, spending caps and staffing cuts, virtually all welfare programs have been decimated over the last 25 years. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_programs_in_the_United_States#Welfare_reform_(1990s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_programs_in_the_United_...