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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: i-node who wrote (5155)1/7/2017 2:06:49 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 367306
 
>>>The reality is we never had the money to do it. The law shouldn't have been passed, it was a mistake. And now it will be undone and hopefully fixed. We can't just give everyone everything. There are places in the world where you can get that if you want it, but the United States isn't that place. And there are good reasons for it. <<<

In America, under current circumstance we should be able to provide basic sustenance for those unable to secure it on their own and keep the opportunity door open. How that works and limits are discussable. In fact, I think our first priority in econ should be to change the circumstance for poor people for their betterment.