> The problem is that the state is not capable of understanding who is disadvantaged and why. I just said it, children and the elderly. That and a negative inc

> The problem is that the state is not capable of understanding who is disadvantaged and why. I just said it, children and the elderly. That and a negative income tax covers most of it. Often people do have bad ideas beyond this, mostly because they're very confused about what encourages work and what discourages it. (which is how you get SSI asset tests)