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I'm fine with this other than it's funded by taxpayer money. Robbing Peter for Paul no matter the outcome is still a crime. We already have enough police proble
by exabrial 6y ago
I'm fine with this other than it's funded by taxpayer money. Robbing Peter for Paul no matter the outcome is still a crime. We already have enough police problems in this country, we don't need to put more non-violent people in jail if they don't want to participate in the system.
Instead, an alternative should be financial literacy so that people _want_ to do this organically. This sort of leadership is more likely to 'stick' and promote long term lasting effects rather than forced behavior under the threat of duress. It also removes any incentive for bad behavior by political parties "yeah, if you don't drive the right car, or get the right degree, or do xyz, we'll withhold access to your baby bond account"
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- j-pb 6y agoAre you seriously arguing that teaching minimum wage parents who live from hand to mouth "financial literacy" would allow them to invest savings for their newborn? And are you suggesting that tax evading milionares and billionaires are the reason for high incarceration rates, instead of racial and class injustice, bad incentives through privatisation of the justice system, and a failed drug policy? "If they don't have bread, they should eat cake."