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social programs are not charities.
1. you're attempting to assist society by assisting the lowest elements of society from complete ruin.
2. charities give money out of philanthropy, governments do it because they're trying to maintain control of the goddamn country.
You're right in one case, in that food stamps is inefficient, because we should just be handing people money without all these strings attached.
the best part about your reply is two straw mans back-to-back. i never claimed that the red cross doesn't help anyone in need, and i never claimed that food stamps is a completely efficient system.
the best part is that when you donate money to red cross you're not donating it to be spent in any efficient way. if you donate money to japanese earthquake victims your money may not actually go to japanese earthquake victims.
strawmans and absurd analogies. that's all you got.
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Date: 10/7/11 01:58 (UTC)social programs are not charities.
1. you're attempting to assist society by assisting the lowest elements of society from complete ruin.
2. charities give money out of philanthropy, governments do it because they're trying to maintain control of the goddamn country.
You're right in one case, in that food stamps is inefficient, because we should just be handing people money without all these strings attached.
the best part about your reply is two straw mans back-to-back. i never claimed that the red cross doesn't help anyone in need, and i never claimed that food stamps is a completely efficient system.
the best part is that when you donate money to red cross you're not donating it to be spent in any efficient way. if you donate money to japanese earthquake victims your money may not actually go to japanese earthquake victims.
strawmans and absurd analogies. that's all you got.