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Now you've created a new problem of bureaucrats that are just as susceptible to incompetence, incentives, and malfeasance as the dentists. This is going to be
by Consultant32452 6y ago
Now you've created a new problem of bureaucrats that are just as susceptible to incompetence, incentives, and malfeasance as the dentists.
This is going to be the problem with every system of mandatory funding. Doesn't matter if it's housing, dentistry, food stamps, etc. People were abusing the disability program, so we made a bunch of hurdles to get funding. Now there's companies who train you how to get over those hurdles: what to write on the forms, what to say to your doctor, etc. And guess what? The companies that train you what to say to get disability then get to bill the government for this new service they provided you. I'm sure it's easy to imagine their incentives.
- jmcqk6 6y agoAnd yet there are ways we can address those issues too. I don't get why we gotta stop trying to take care of each other simply because there are assholes who try to take advantage of things.
- Consultant32452 6y ago>I don't get why we gotta stop trying to take care of each other How would ending food stamps stop you from taking care of other people?
- jmcqk6 6y agoRemoving a massive mechanism for being able to address a need that most people feel shame for and explicitly try to hide due to social pressure? If I'm acting on my own, my reach is very limited. By using the government, we have the potential to make a much larger impact, and in this case, create the expectation that no one should go hungry in this country. We're not there yet, mainly because there are many people around here who don't believe that expectation is valid. I'll fight them for the rest of my life.