Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k
by _jal on Friday May 20, 2022 @06:26PM
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> Going straight from subsidized rental housing to home ownership doesn’t make sense
Nice bald assertion. It doesn't make sense to trap people in dependency, but I take it you're more comfortable with these programs failing in that direction...?
> this creates a perverse incentive
Which we already have, just with the reverse valence.
This is why I said I support means-testing the mortgage-interest deduction. People don't really understand things until they've been through them, and there's no good reason wealthier people shouldn't have to put up with similar paternalist nonsense for their handout.
Nice bald assertion. It doesn't make sense to trap people in dependency, but I take it you're more comfortable with these programs failing in that direction...?
> this creates a perverse incentive
Which we already have, just with the reverse valence.
This is why I said I support means-testing the mortgage-interest deduction. People don't really understand things until they've been through them, and there's no good reason wealthier people shouldn't have to put up with similar paternalist nonsense for their handout.