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>America is a "if you're going to fall, you are going to fall all the way down, and no one is going to save you, no matter what". I don't see how this is even
by blumkvist 12y ago
>America is a "if you're going to fall, you are going to fall all the way down, and no one is going to save you, no matter what".
I don't see how this is even remotely true. There are 42million people on food stamps, costing $82bn a year. This is a mere fraction of the spending that goes towards catching falling people. There is no capitalism. Open your eyes.
- mr_luc 12y ago"Devil's avocado, Larry": Assuming a perfectly efficient system, that's slightly under $2,000 per person per year. Divided by 52 weeks, that works out to $38.00 per week in food aid. (In a perfectly efficient system; so, let's say a bit less). Federal, State and Local governments had combined revenue of around 6 TRILLION dollars last year, 3.2 trillion of which was for the Federal government. Does it seem unreasonable to you that the richest country on earth would spend 1/39th of its Federal revenue to give impoverished citizens $30/week of food aid?
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoA welfare state is not incompatible with capitalism. Actually, it is a natural consequence of capitalism, a thing bolted on to try and work around some of its more severe issues.