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That was the government that was supposed to stand up 'for the poor', but allowing a predatory industry to thrive, whose main demographic are 'the poor'.
by DrBazza 2y ago
That was the government that was supposed to stand up 'for the poor', but allowing a predatory industry to thrive, whose main demographic are 'the poor'.
- giantg2 2y agoHave there been any governments in the developed world in the past 25 years that has actually stood up for the poor? I know some have said they would but it seems like their ideas are just expansion of benefits programs that don't actually help the problem or move the stats. Seems more like buying votes.
- throwaway2037 2y agoJapan has dramatically expanded social benefits for young families in the past 25 years. I would say these programmes mostly benefit the middle class and below. The US didn't have national healthcare before President Obama. Millions of middle and low income people are now insured under that programme. President George W. Bush helped to add coverage for prescription drugs to Medicare (national health insurance for retired people). This is just a short list. I am sure others can provide a many examples from Korea, Taiwan, Scandinavia or AU/NZ.
- giantg2 2y agoBut what did those do to reduce poverty numbers? As I said before, there were expansion of benefits, but it doesn't seem to have reduced the poverty numbers.
- throwaway2037 2y agoI thought of two more: Brazil and Thailand. In Brazil, Lula da Silva introduced a program to make direct payments to low income families. Thailand did similar under Thaksin Shinawatra. It is up to you if you think either of those places are developed.