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ryandrakelast Thursday at 3:41 AM1 replyview on HN

Yea, I was gonna say! For every one of OP’s bullet points, there exists a somewhat powerful political force bitterly fighting against it. We can’t have nice things because people in politics really, really don’t want us to have nice things.


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mjevanslast Thursday at 4:10 PM

It's both true and particularly illogical!

"" * 'Employment Assistance' - connect workers with the best jobs that want them ""

^^^ Would someone like to end welfare ('unemployement insurance')? How about just connecting people with useful work! The New Deal was one of the best social welfare programs the US _ever_ did and politicians are allergic to it.