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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by steve-benjamins on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:20PM (#12549604)
Which might be sensible. As OP has suggested, the state may be better than the market at this.
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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by ekianjo on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:33PM (#12549757)
Except when its not. Not talking about Finland here, but the amount of poor decisions in many areas related to welfare would suggest that mor often than not its a pretty bad idea to trust the state.
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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by deong on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:50PM (#12549940)
It requires the ability to govern one's selves effectively, which we in the US have proven beyond all doubt we're not capable of doing.
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