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"To target this tiny portion of the federal budget in such a haphazard and irresponsible way is going to cost people's lives and livelihoods," Colecchi said. "It is not a thoughtful or humane way to go about treating programs that help the poorest of the poor all over the world."
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February 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"To target this tiny portion of the federal budget in such a haphazard and irresponsible way is going to cost people's lives and livelihoods," Colecchi said. "It is not a thoughtful or humane way to go about treating programs that help the poorest of the poor all over the world."
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No decent person will say to my face that my daughter w/ cerebral palsy shouldn't receive extra support in school.
But if your position is: I only want the state to help "deserving" people, but I won't pay for a bureaucracy to figure out who that is, then that's what you're saying.
But if your position is: I only want the state to help "deserving" people, but I won't pay for a bureaucracy to figure out who that is, then that's what you're saying.
January 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No decent person will say to my face that my daughter w/ cerebral palsy shouldn't receive extra support in school.
But if your position is: I only want the state to help "deserving" people, but I won't pay for a bureaucracy to figure out who that is, then that's what you're saying.
But if your position is: I only want the state to help "deserving" people, but I won't pay for a bureaucracy to figure out who that is, then that's what you're saying.
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This is ultimately the same old argument against any type of redistribution. No different from "We have to cut SNAP to stop surfers from buying lobsters."
But it's shocking to see it applied to this example.
But it's shocking to see it applied to this example.
Billionaire Mark Andreessen--who says "I’m helping DOGE"--answers the question about how do you cut programs like funding for students with disabilities by basically saying that the disabilities are fake.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
January 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is ultimately the same old argument against any type of redistribution. No different from "We have to cut SNAP to stop surfers from buying lobsters."
But it's shocking to see it applied to this example.
But it's shocking to see it applied to this example.