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J.Q.A.
Joined: 09 Feb 2017
Location: Seoul
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| I'm no nationalist. Trump, now, certainly is. Yet he's doing what he can to screw up the country. |
Good for you...good...for...you. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Fox wrote: |
2) Has a (probably relatively minor, but still real) economically stimulative effect, one which will naturally swell in direct response to broader economic distress, and naturally ebb when said distress declines.
3) Is not on a course towards endless annual growth, which implies that it is not "breeding dependency" in any meaningful sense. |
These are critical points I wish to highlight. The automatic swell and ebb in response to economic downturns makes SNAP superior to ad hoc stimulus legislation. Particularly when you consider how stimulus legislation is actually crafted and haggled over. The government escapes the problem of selecting shovel-ready projects among a district-oriented gaggle of politicians.
SNAP also has run a long time. So its administrators have learned how to keep it humming with minimal waste and misallocation. Maybe we keep this one? |
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CentralCali
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| J.Q.A. wrote: |
| CentralCali wrote: |
| I'm no nationalist. Trump, now, certainly is. Yet he's doing what he can to screw up the country. |
Good for you...good...for...you. |
Goodbye, troll. |
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Revenant
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| Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| This time the thread is locked. Next time, bans for people who cannot conduct themselves in a civil manner will occur. |
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