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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:15PM (#23540885)
There isn't one American Left. The liberals do as you often say. The socialists often focus precisely on "universal programs that would eliminate the largest absolute amounts of poverty and suffering."
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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by malandrew on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @04:46PM (#23543888)
universal programs only eliminate the largest amounts of poverty and suffering if they are self sustaining long term. Any universal program that undermines the work that funds the universal programs in the first places is a threat to sustainability. The Soviet Union, Cuba, Venezuela and China under Mao are all examples of places that went with universal programs and policies that ultimately undermined the revenue streams supporting those programs.
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