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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by Reichhardt on Friday May 20, 2022 @05:41PM (#31452881)
Its highly inefficient for millions of individuals welfare recipients to being independently purchasing accommodation, entertainment, utilities, food.

A superior solution would be for Governments to setup large establishments where all of these services could be provided centrally and directly. Individuals could contribute their labor to maintain the establishment.

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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Friday May 20, 2022 @06:16PM (#31453196)
That's called institutionalization and nobody wants that for themselves or the people they care about.
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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by turtledove on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:17PM (#31453759)
Or it's called social housing, food assistance, and single payer healthcare?
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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:34PM (#31453884)
Those already exists so presumably that's not what the comment I responded to is referring to, in addition it was put in opposition to welfare recipients having the ability to choose how they spend what they receive so there is no equivalency.
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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by turtledove on Saturday May 21, 2022 @01:46AM (#31455557)
Do they? I mean, maybe, but definitely not in the States.
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