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Poor people in the United States are more poor than most people in e.g. Scandinavian countries. You also made the fallacy of "if some people are worse off, the
by nawitus 13y ago
Poor people in the United States are more poor than most people in e.g. Scandinavian countries.
You also made the fallacy of "if some people are worse off, then Americans shouldn't be any better". However, it's ethical to increase the standard of living of all people.
- kmfrk 13y agoAnd the programs work: http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3997 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3997.
- a3n 13y agoAnd it's certainly ethical to try to increase the standard of living in your own country, regardless of how bad off others might be. I'm really weary of paying taxes to kill poor brown people on the other side of the world. I would be more than happy to pay taxes for a guaranteed income.
- jquery 13y agoIf you break it down by race and ethnicity, this falls away. Poor Scandinavian people are as well off here as they are in their home country.
- yummyfajitas 13y agoDo you have data on this? I've seen a few specific cases where this is true, but I don't know of data sets showing it to be true in general. I'd love to see a good data set which proves or disproves this.