Re:US lawmakers vote to cut food stamp benefits from 2014
by dragonwriter on Friday September 20, 2013 @05:47PM
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> Perhaps there is a better way?
Perhaps there is. Perhaps isn't a reason to cut funding to what we have.
> We won't know unless we explore the matter.
This is not "exploring the matter".
> If you reduce government spending by the amount being cut and not merely shift resources, the people themselves will provide the support that the poor require
There is no evidence at all to support this claim, and it doesn't even make a lot of sense. We're now supposed to have faith in the invisible hand of the market for charity?
> However, I think an annual program using up $80 billion warrants discussion, no?
There's a pretty big difference between "discussion" and "cutting half the funding". There may certainly be legitimate things to discuss about it, but I haven't yet seen anything even resembling an argument based on anything but magic fraud-resistant charity pixies for cutting the funding being a good idea.
Perhaps there is. Perhaps isn't a reason to cut funding to what we have.
> We won't know unless we explore the matter.
This is not "exploring the matter".
> If you reduce government spending by the amount being cut and not merely shift resources, the people themselves will provide the support that the poor require
There is no evidence at all to support this claim, and it doesn't even make a lot of sense. We're now supposed to have faith in the invisible hand of the market for charity?
> However, I think an annual program using up $80 billion warrants discussion, no?
There's a pretty big difference between "discussion" and "cutting half the funding". There may certainly be legitimate things to discuss about it, but I haven't yet seen anything even resembling an argument based on anything but magic fraud-resistant charity pixies for cutting the funding being a good idea.