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In response to "Public policy shouldn’t really be based on resentment of those better off than you. -- nm" by znufrii

I'd read that more charitably. "No one begrudges subsidies for poor people, but when the lion's share of the subsidy goes to the middle class and well

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Nov 3 '17, 09:44

off, something's clearly wrong with the system."

This is true of a lot of subsidies - some goes to the people who need it, but a lot goes to people who could get by without it, or flat out don't need it. eg wealthy people with gold-plated medical insurance plans get the most benefit of the tax exemption of those plans. The revenue foregone by the mortgage interest tax credit is way, way more than the revenue spent on public housing, etc etc

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There’s a lot of resentment that goes into criticism of benefits for poor people too. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 09:45 1
- That’s fair - I meant “no one” in the hand-wavy “only a complete arsehole would think this” way. -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 09:50

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I'd read that more charitably. "No one begrudges subsidies for poor people, but when the lion's share of the subsidy goes to the middle class and well

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