yummyfajitas comments on "New Findings from War on Poverty: Just Give Cash"

By yummyfajitas

Your reply demonstrates perfectly why in-kind benefits are politically superior to cash. You’ve now demanded that specific goods be added to the list and we can explicitly have a debate on the merits of those goods.

I’ve lived in housing far worse, in terms of material living conditions, than what I’m proposing. I’ll happily do it again, most likely next Jan.

The main problem you describe (people committing gang rapes) is a problem with the people rather than the environment. Folks aren’t materially deprived, they are just bad people. Now consider these folks: http://www.zostel.com/media/photo/Jaipur_Zostel_Common_Room_… Suddenly, materially worse living conditions don’t seem so bad. Instead of “gray government housing devoid of life or joy”, it’s a fun youth hostel.

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yummyfajitas comments on "New Findings from War on Poverty: Just Give Cash"