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As someone on the left, my read is that welfare programs are designed to fail, and that’s a bipartisan consensus. Republicans don’t want to spend the money and
by wbsss4412 4y ago
As someone on the left, my read is that welfare programs are designed to fail, and that’s a bipartisan consensus.
Republicans don’t want to spend the money and democrats only want to help people who “need” it. So you can’t get food stamps if you have more than $2,500 in the bank, which sends the clear message: don’t even bother trying to get ahead.
- BracketMaster 4y agoI should note I'm not entirely against wellfare like programs - but like you pointed out, their current implementation doesn't help much. I get that sometimes, people just need some cash to get through the day. But how can you make sure your program doesn't train people to be dependent on it? I wonder if there is a clever optimization hiding to this problem somewhere.