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Originally Posted by Raev
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This is complete spin. We spend far more on social programs than we did during the Great Society. How on earth is that moving to the right? I mean, I am with you that those programs have failed utterly, but that doesn't mean we didn't try.
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It's incredibly reductive to take a single trend (increased spending on social programs) and say that alone signifies dominance of the left. Meanwhile an entire political party no longer believes in the efficacy of government (this was NOT a Republican value before 1960), union membership is at an all time low, minimum wage increases are taboo, tax is taboo, the financial system was deregulated, etc etc.
And it's worth mentioning that a huge portion of this "we spend far more on social programs now" trend is because the cost of healthcare has absolutely ballooned over the last 50 years, with an entire industry dedicated to milking Medicare and taking a cut of every healthcare transaction.
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What you're saying is basically like watching a car drive uphill and then claiming it's a shitty, slow car that gets bad mileage-- no, it's just being raped by that incline. You're ignoring the complexity of the system.
Which reminds me just how dogshit that graph you posted is, as it includes healthcare and lumps it in as "Welfare" to make a point.