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Topic	At a center-left policy conference; lots of means-tested vs universal discussion
s0nicfan 12/03/18 6:30:45 PM #57:	Balrog0 posted... yeah but this isn't an example of the program participants saying stuff like 'well I need a bigger TV and a better computer' -- they aren't asking for more than previous generations got, they're asking for the same amount but there are more people and the program isn't funded in a way that pays for itself like it supposedly is intended to I would say it is an example of the problems with universal programs, though. Or at least the kind that are contributory. Idk. I get what you're saying but it seems like a totally different thing to me. Well okay, then what about looking at the details for things like SNAP and the ongoing debate as to what should and shouldn't be covered under it? Things like junk food or soda being a particularly high-demand "luxury" item that people think SNAP shouldn't cover. The link below outlines how the program has expanded since conception and how various acts have rolled in things like addict treatment to what was meant to be a food program. https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/short-history-snap --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:913488260] in At a cente... [t:77264678]...</cite> <quote><cite>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote>yeah but this isn't an example of the program participants saying stuff like 'well I need a bigger TV and a better computer' -- they aren't asking for more than previous generations got, they're asking for the same amount but there are more people and the program isn't funded in a way that pays for itself like it supposedly is intended to I would say it is an example of the problems with universal programs, though. Or at least the kind that are contributory. Idk. I get what you're saying but it seems like a totally different thing to me.</quote> Well okay, then what about looking at the details for things like SNAP and the ongoing debate as to what should and shouldn't be covered under it? Things like junk food or soda being a particularly high-demand "luxury" item that people think SNAP shouldn't cover. The link below outlines how the program has expanded since conception and how various acts have rolled in things like addict treatment to what was meant to be a food program. https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/short-history-snap --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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