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Often, the issue with policing is aggravated by exactly those other factors: food insecurity, housing insecurity, income insecurity, healthcare insecurity, a cu
by cestith 6y ago
Often, the issue with policing is aggravated by exactly those other factors: food insecurity, housing insecurity, income insecurity, healthcare insecurity, a culture of stimulant abuse and praising material wealth in a vastly unequal society, lack of mental and emotional support, whole swathes of communities with substandard schools and little chance for upward mobility by legal means...
- CryptoPunk 6y agoSocial welfare spending in the US increased an average of 4.8% per year between 1972 and 2011. Government spending in total increased from around 25% of GDP in the 1950s, to around 40% of GDP today, with a shift from infrastructure and military spending, to social welfare spending. So I disagree this has to do with what you're implying - society not taxing enough to fund social programs. To give a concrete example that demonstrates that: Harlem in the 1950s, when there was much less social support available through government programs, was a relatively safe neighbourhood. The situation eroded in the late 1960s and 1970s, with the rise of the Counter-Culture, along with numerous social programs as part of LBJ's Great Society campaign.
- cestith 6y agohttps://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1940USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1940USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1950USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1950USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1960USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1960USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1970USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1970USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1980USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1980USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1990USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1990USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2000USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2000USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2010USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2010USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2015USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2015USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2020USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2020USbn Please show me which years since 1940 have defense and welfare spending more in parity than they were in 1940.
- CryptoPunk 6y agoPlease note, I said social welfare spending, not welfare spending. Social welfare spending includes education, healthcare and pernsion spending.
- cestith 6y agoPensions are part of the employment contract. Education and healthcare I can understand putting in that bucket.
- CryptoPunk 6y agoPensions includes social security here.