eflatminor
Classical Liberal
- May 24, 2011
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OK, I got your, "ain't it awful". Now, what do you recommend should be done about it? And, what might be the consequences in re human suffering, additional costs to families and local government?
Stop the meddling. The poor were better off before all these entitlement programs. There is no reason to believe they wouldn't return to being better off if we phased out those programs. Besides, we simply no longer have the money to continue to roll the dice to see what might work. You've had nearly five decades to experiment. The great society is clearly a failure that's done more harm than good.
I got your opinion. Suggesting the poor were better off before Social Security and Medicare is bullshit. It is not factual, it is not true and it is a lie.
Try to focus. We're talking about poverty rates since 1970, the beginning of the so-called 'great society'. SS and Medicare started before then.