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> Whether someone "feels stiffed" or not is irrelevant. Thinking that other people shouldn't get help just because you didn't is petty. I'm not against other p
by oceanplexian 4y ago
> Whether someone "feels stiffed" or not is irrelevant. Thinking that other people shouldn't get help just because you didn't is petty.
I'm not against other people getting things, but to me, that evokes images of the government helping people struggling with food, or child care, or housing.
Giving a middle class college grad who makes $100,000/yr $10,000 isn't "helping" the people who need it most. People who live in the marginalized, working class communities that progressives want to represent don't have college degrees. The whole thing seems tone deaf without even getting into why it's bad for the economy, perpetuates problems with the education system, etc.