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It's often said that the cruelty is the point.
by nerdponx 3y ago
It's often said that the cruelty is the point.
- thfuran 3y agoIf it were, why would they offer welfare programs at all? Surely an "indolence tax" assessed on anyone with income below a certain threshold would be more cruel.
- immibis 3y agoWhat do you think poor people would do if there were no welfare programs?
- _carbyau_ 3y agoThis is what I find perplexing. Welfare programs are not for the poor. They are so the poor doesn't "eat the rich". (For those playing at home this is a slogan tossed around with connotations of society wide rebellion - which would not be a comfortable outcome for rich people.)
- AgentOrange1234 3y agoIt's frankly amazing that we still have welfare, social security, etc., at all. The pro-cruelty folks have been diligently working to discredit them since FDR enacted them during the great depression.
- ryandrake 3y agoDon’t give them any ideas. Roughly half of US politicians would probably support that. Without constitutional safeguards, a shocking number of them would support turning their opponents into Soylent Green.