Most people are 1-2 missed paychecks or 1 serious illness/injury from poverty. @dicentra33
@dicentra33 When it's all your planning encompasses, I don't really care if you *intended* for all the children to turn out above average.
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@chaosprime What, precisely, are my plans? -
@dicentra33 From available evidence, to feed people a steady diet of homilies about the value of hard work and personal responsibility. Yum. -
@chaosprime What happens when people follow that advice? -
@dicentra33 Some of them secure an adequate or better supply of economic goods. Some of them don't. -
@dicentra33 No doubt, people who follow it will do better than otherwise. But I'm sick of policy that boils down to "just be exceptional!" -
@chaosprime It's also not policy, it's advice. Policies are for governments; advice is for individuals and communities. -
@dicentra33 When the ideological thrust is that "gubmint" asst should be dismantled because everybody should just work hard, that's policy. -
@chaosprime I'd prefer to help ppl off assistance so that it shrinks back from lack of demand. But gubmint's instinct is to grow, not shrink - 7 more replies
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