We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty

Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by nxmnxm99 on Saturday February 19, 2022 @03:14PM (#30400107)

So who exactly is going to pay for all this?

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by narag on Saturday February 19, 2022 @04:49PM (#30400855)

So who exactly is going to pay for all this?

Let's see (only what I have answers to):

Cheap rents and affordable housing.

Allow more vertical building.

Protective nets for periods of illness/unemployment/etc.

I and my employers pay a fund that covers it.

School districts equally equipped, with good teachers.

From the taxes, it's not so expensive.

Free (or very affordable, no-loan-based) college education if their kid passes a hard tamper-proof exam.

From the taxes, it's not so expensive if you only pay the smartest ones.

Taxes on outsourcing work outside the country.

Well, that's income, but I disagree. Just forbid making any business with tyrants. I know, I know...

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by nxmnxm99 on Saturday February 19, 2022 @09:32PM (#30402701)

So basically take all the money we have right now and somehow increase spending on all of these programs, got it.

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by oblio on Monday February 21, 2022 @04:17AM (#30413559)

> Allow more vertical building.

The rest maybe, but this is a core issue. And I don't know how you can read that quote and go "that's increased spending".

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by narag on Sunday February 20, 2022 @03:57AM (#30404301)

No, I'm from another country. From my point of view it's more like stop wasting money for other useless purposes so we can grow. If we've been able to survive, no doubt the USA can thrive.

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by nxmnxm99 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @08:02PM (#30410829)

I'm pretty sure the USA has been thriving for a while

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by narag on Monday February 21, 2022 @05:10PM (#30421316)

Not sure if you didn't understand or you're being deliberately obtuse to make another point. Of course the implication was that the USA can still thrive even spending that money, a pittance compared with public expenses in other areas.

I don't share all the points of the originator of the thread (was it coldtea?), you might find interesting which ones I didn't mention, but some of them are a good idea even from the point of view of more affluent people.

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by triceratops on Saturday February 19, 2022 @05:16PM (#30401046)

The ever-increasing productivity of society.

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