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In reply to the discussion: 9 Ways FDR's 'New Deal' Purposely Excluded Blacks [View all]My Good Babushka
(2,710 posts)specific programs. Specific programs beget specific bureaucracy, funds get misappropriated, the people who are supposed to be served end up neglected or worse off than before. For instance, the proposal to enact specific reforms to stop the "classroom to prison pipeline", presumably with some sort of task force and new bureaucracy and a million chances for money to go missing, seems less optimal than something like a universally raised minimum wage, since poverty is what makes these once good institutions like public education fail to function like they are supposed to. And the money goes right into the pockets of citizens. I have a great deal of suspicion reserved for "targeted programs" that end up being a million little piggy banks for corrupt officials, who also get to make all the decisions.