• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Also, entirely ignorant of the long term savings social programs provide. Poverty is expensive. The cost of a condom is nothing compared to the cost of a baby. The cost of caring for and educating a baby is nothing compared to the cost of an adult raised and living in poverty. The cost of providing for an adult raised and living in poverty is nothing compared to the cost of dealing with systemic problems related to homelessness.

    You cannot avoid the costs, you can only kick them down the road a ways, where they will only grow.