2c) Is it constructive to maintain a class of professional hoop-holders so the worst-off can be made to jump through said hoops?
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3c) The thought of putting bureaucrats out of work and setting fire to their forms warms my heart. But more soberly...
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...obviously you can't dissolve all the other systems of aid. The severely disabled need more than $500 a month!
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But you can remove an awful lot of dead weight--people printing out forms so others can fill them in--and a lot of humiliation and abuse.
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For many, humiliation feels like a necessary part of the system--the weak need to be punished so they'll be less weak! This rarely works.
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Humiliation & the whims of a paper machine break you down into hopeless passivity. Ease up on that, and improve incentives...it might work?
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Some poor people are hopeless. Some people are awful! So what? Does it make you feel better to piss on them? Does it help? Really?
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OK, I'm done.
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