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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
Almost everybody who has been on welfare has benefited from it in isolation. But this has no bearing on how the system as a whole functions.
So...
People who use it say it's great,
But
people who don't use it are hurt more than the people who use it are benefited?
Overall, it's -EV.
Is that what you're saying?
Is it enough to only consider raising the mean? Doesn't the variance matter, too?
Doesn't the fact that we're talking about providing a service that desperate people need and appreciate play a part?
I get that numbers are callous. I don't get why that means we should act callously.
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The rest is really another non-sequitur. That terrible $5k plan is terrible.
However, it's not comparable to welfare or unemployment insurance.
Originally Posted by wufwugy
the first thing you do is call me a prick.
This never happened. That's not even my kind of insult.
Now that you mention it, though, you are a tiny stab, sometimes...
almost cutting, but just grazing the surface.
(That's my kind of burn.)
;p
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