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Re:Poverty is not a personal choice, but a reflection of soc... by humanrebar on Saturday July 01, 2017 @08:50AM (#14676890)
The federal system was supposed to help with this by allowing various approaches in various parts of the country. I think the state of politics today is due to the nationalization of every issue.

If California and Texas (for example) each decided it was more important to govern themselves than each other, it would be lower stakes and more productive to talk about issues like this.

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Re:Poverty is not a personal choice, but a reflection of soc... by hueving on Saturday July 01, 2017 @09:10AM (#14676952)
Unfortunately people are really bad at reigning in their own power. So whichever side holds the federal office will naturally impose their view on the rest of the country.
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Re:Poverty is not a personal choice, but a reflection of soc... by humanrebar on Saturday July 01, 2017 @09:11AM (#14676957)
There were constitutional protections for exactly this reason. We just decided they didn't count any more.
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