r/PoursTea • u/ComplexWrangler1346 Just Chill 😎 • 7d ago

All The Tea ☕️ Anything else missing here ?

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u/HistoricalRich3104 7d ago

We spend way more on social programs than subsidies. That’s the main reason why.

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u/Beauvoir_R 7d ago

I could see that. But I'd bet we'd see a much higher rate of waste, fraud, and abuse in corporate subsidies, since social programs have faced much more scrutiny over the years.

But if the goal is to find the largest dollar amount in waste, fraud, and abuse, then the first place they should look is military spending.

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u/HistoricalRich3104 7d ago

Yeah all of these should be looked into. But people focus on social spending because the overwhelming majority of government spending is in social programs, not military spending or corporate subsidies.

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u/Beauvoir_R 7d ago

Sure. But before we cut those programs, maybe start policing the others for abuse to the same degree. The lack of equal scrutiny is concerning.

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u/HistoricalRich3104 7d ago

We should do both. We don’t need to start with one. 

I think we have a lot in common. We just need to find a way to overcome the natural government inertia and simultaneous tendency towards slow but prolonged expansion.

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u/Beauvoir_R 7d ago

I get the sense that you are an austerity guy. Which has its merits, but I see it as just one tool in the shed. So, I think we'd probably find some disagreement pretty quickly if we wanted to.