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>I doubt the US’s extensive federal welfare state Citation needed.
by tclancy 10mo ago
>I doubt the US’s extensive federal welfare state
Citation needed.
- renewiltord 10mo agoThe citation is the US federal budget, some 2/3 of which is directly welfare. https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder... Go knock yourself out: social security, health, Medicare, income security, veterans benefits. If you want to exclude veterans benefits that’s fine too. Still 60%
- lisdexan 10mo agoYeah sure, all those Brazilian and Ugandan 65 year olds that are emigrating to the US for the Medicare. It's not like you need critically need nurses or tax generating young people in general.
- renewiltord 10mo agoSure, if they’re actually critically needed they will win in the auction. 10x H1B and green cards like I said will provide a lot of access. Ideally we use a points based system that rewards youth but there’s only so much skill in US policy making.