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Re:Rich Families Are Legally Separating from Their Kids to P... by aantix on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @03:23PM (#20823115)
As long as the system has rules, those rules can be optimized for.

As long as conditions exist, someone can study or hire expertise in helping to meet those conditions.

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Re:Rich Families Are Legally Separating from Their Kids to P... by cdmcmahon on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:48PM (#20832944)
The point of universal programs is that the "condition" for eligibility is existence [1] and thus there is nothing to optimize for, by definition.

[1] This is obviously a simplification because of in reality the condition is citizenship/residency, but that's a whole other issue.

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Re:Rich Families Are Legally Separating from Their Kids to P... by asdff on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:37PM (#20825569)
We can start by making these rules simple enough where you don't need a j.d. or accounting degree to parse them.
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