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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree completely. You aren't going to teach ethics through the tax code.   Poor people don't have a victim mentality. That's too simplistic a view of what's going on. Instead you must look at untreated substance use and mental health problems, higher proportions of lead poisoning, higher rates of physical and intellectual disabilities --- all of which hinder economic growth.  People who face these challenges need even more access to quality education, food, and health care. And they don't get it.  If you charge $10 for a doctor's visit, that's one less time Mom goes to the doctor because she's trying to stretch the cash to pay for the night sitter so she can work the second job. Or get the car fixed so she can keep that job.  Providing an adequate safety net allows people to continue to work and feed their kids, and make it out of poverty.  What we have now is adequate for some but not for many.

I got out of poverty because I could work year round and pay tuition at Maryland. But I was lucky enough to be able to live at home. Had an alcoholic dad but I could put up with him. My friend, in similar circumstances, had a dad who molested her when he was drunk. She got pregnant at 13 with his baby. She fled by 15, the baby being raised by her mom, as her sister. She's never made it out of poverty. She works at 7 Eleven when she feels like it. When she's not struggling with depression.  She is too emotionally damaged. Howard County, FWIW. I'm fine with paying taxes to take care of her. Totally fine.  I would hope our entire society would be fine with caring for those who cannot care for themselves, for whatever reason, including the invisible ones. [/quote]
Yes, but your sympathy is going entirely to the poor, and nothing to the middle class who, in some cases, is also struggling financially - but with no help. You say the if you charge $10 for Mom's appointment, she's got to find a way to stretch money elsewhere. But what about the middle class? I myself am short-changing myself on my health care, while I see the poor get the full treatment they need because I (and others) are subsidizing it.

For example, I am supposed to be in PT twice a week for the next two months, but starting in November, I am switching to once a week because the $120 per session visit is unaffordable at that schedule. (Yes, I have Obamacare insurance, but it doesn't cover it until I meet a high deductible.) At the same time, the poorer people can go twice a week, because taxpayers are covering the FULL cost for them. I'm not expecting them to pay $120 like me (although until I finish the treatment I have curtailed some expenses), or even $90, or even $50. But $10 is fair, and I do beleive we install the knowledge that nothing is free.[/quote]

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