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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by praxulus on Friday May 20, 2022 @05:32PM (#31452765)
I agree that not allowing savings for a mortgage probably isn't a huge issue in practice, but discouraging saving in general is completely bonkers policy.
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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by alistairSH on Friday May 20, 2022 @05:48PM (#31452947)
Oh, I agree. Savings of some form should be encouraged. Various cliffs are bad policy.

I’d rather some form of UBI-like assistance. Single program, means tested but no cliffs(just a gradual phase out of some sort), and no limits on what the assistance is spent on.

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