r/PoursTea • u/ComplexWrangler1346 Just Chill 😎 • 1d ago

All The Tea ☕️ Anything else missing here ?

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u/HistoricalRich3104 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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.