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Re:Anthony Bourdain on not having debt by lmm on Thursday March 16, 2017 @11:50AM (#13886008)
> - You at least have more than one choice. If the charity you give to performs poorly by whatever metrics you value, you can give to another one next time.

You can vote out your government.

Charities seem more PR-focused, and the press seems less interested in holding them to account. I have a lot more faith in government to spend money effectively than I do in private charity.

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Re:Anthony Bourdain on not having debt by humanrebar on Thursday March 16, 2017 @12:32PM (#13886383)
> You can vote out your government.

It's exceedingly hard to end an entitlement even if it's clear it doesn't work.

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Re:Anthony Bourdain on not having debt by eric_the_read on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:18PM (#13886847)
It's not an entitlement per se, but Head Start is a classic example of the government program that doesn't work, but can/t be cancelled. Even DHHS admits it doesn't work[0], but it's impossible to cancel politically.

[0] https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/executive_s...

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