cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3160934
Students in Massachusetts will get free lunch and breakfast at school thanks to a new 4% tax put on people who earn more than $1 million.
attributed to jefferson: “the measure of society is how it treats the weakest members”
Good social welfare also benefits the entire society, not just the people in need of assistance
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A family with enough income to support them will not have to turn to crime out of necessity. They are also able to spend their money on non-essentials which stimulates the economy. They also don’t need to work 2-3 jobs to survive, which will instead lead to more job opportunities
And in a few years the lunches go, the taxes stay, and everyone is disgusted at the poors demanding stuff for free.
Ah yes, how dare “the poors” want to eat.
