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> I don't think the last of those is part of any progressive agenda. Especially since it's overwhelmingly due to failed social policy and our pathetic social s
by yamtaddle 4y ago
> I don't think the last of those is part of any progressive agenda.
Especially since it's overwhelmingly due to failed social policy and our pathetic social safety net. Neither of which can really be laid at the feet of progressives (though, to some extent, is Democrats' fault! Disastrous '90s welfare reform was done with the support of Clinton and other dems, and they spent a long time supporting the also-disastrous drug war)
- kfofkrmdpshen 4y agoWIC, SNAP, Medicare, and Medicaid were supposed to end poverty. Why didn't they? Why does creating new programs in addition to these solve the problem of poverty when these programs failed? How much money needs to go towards welfare before it will achieve its goal, as a proportion of GDP? How can that money be distributed efficiently, and can you find historical examples of societies solving poverty? What about societies that tried to solve it?
- rurp 4y ago[flagged]