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Originally Posted by loquitur
Is it your assumption that social problems are necessarily remediable by government programs? Are you sure that many government programs don't exacerbate social problems? Are you sure that market forces won't solve many of the problems you perceive without creating sclerotic, inflexible, antidemocratic bureaucracies? Have you considered that many programs place self-perpetuation as a goal ahead of any useful societal purpose? Are you convincingly able to discount the law of unintended consequences, which arises because planning will never be able to anticipate and account for the effects of its implementation?
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loquitor...I would never suggest that government social programs are not without abuse or unintended consequences.
But I would also suggest that the vast majority of the tens of millions of Americans who benefit from these programs every year do so in a responsible manner and quietly go about their lives with a little more dignity until they no longer need a government safety net.
I honestly cannot think of any country, any time in history, that cared for its citizens most in need by relying on market forces. What makes you think such an approach would work?