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While I agree with you, most red states can't even afford that kind of thing and are already paying out a ton in overburdened welfare programs (except maybe Geo
by busterarm 3y ago
While I agree with you, most red states can't even afford that kind of thing and are already paying out a ton in overburdened welfare programs (except maybe Georgia and a few others that are aggressively anti-welfare). In the absence of those funds and that regulation, at least allow older teenagers to compete against grown adults in the labor market if they need the money.
- AnarchismIsCool 3y agoYeah, the funding streams are bonkers at the moment. We need to be able to get the funding to kids, the money exists, we've just made the logistics insane. 11.6 million kids in poverty in the us. The naive approach: just give each kid 1k/mo would cost 12B/mo or 144B/yr, so 3.2% of the 2023 4.5T annual budget. That's entirely doable given the political will.
- wredcoll 3y agoMaybe red states could afford nice things if they'd stop screwing up their economies?
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoThey absolutely CAN afford those kinds of things if they'd stop giving away sweetheart tax deals to major corporations and actually accept federal funds when they're offered.
- orwin 3y agoHow will Brett Favre's girl can play volleyball, or how can his pharma company can make money without capturing welfare dotations ?
- triceratops 3y ago> most red states can't even afford that kind of thing What made them so poor? Was it bad governance?
- itsmartapuntocm 3y agoIf they can't afford it, why do they keep turning down federal money that will let them do exactly that?