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a) I totally agree. b) It can't be that difficult to compare our current costs of welfare redistribution to the amount of welfare we redistribute, right? So wha
by dandare 12y ago
a) I totally agree. b) It can't be that difficult to compare our current costs of welfare redistribution to the amount of welfare we redistribute, right? So what is everybody still talking about?
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoIts easy. The American welfare system distributes 40% of every dollar allocated (it rates as a C or D in the charity world). The rest goes to administration, which is another kind of welfare I guess.
- danielweber 12y agoI'm not doubting you, but I would earnestly like to see those numbers and how they are calculated.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoHere's a simple analysis, which shows 75% waste: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/over-60000-welfare-spentper-household-poverty_657889.html http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/over-60000-welfare-spent...
- dandare 12y agoMaybe we are talking about different things but I don't think the basic income proposal goes as far as calling for abolition of police, defence, diplomacy, regulators and consumer protection, state sponsored science ...
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoWas that posted to the right thread? This comment is about the waste in the welfare bureaucracy.