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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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