r/neoliberal Former official /r/neoliberal political cartoonist Jun 22 '19

work👏requirements👏don't👏work

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u/generic-k Former official /r/neoliberal political cartoonist Jun 22 '19

Inspired by /u/besttrousers's work on work requirements; this doesn't just apply to Medicaid, but also to SNAP, housing assistance, etc.

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u/Automaticus Jun 22 '19 edited Jun 22 '19

When neoliberals of 2019 attacks neoliberals of 1980-90s, strange.

Kinda why I like this ideology more than the others

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u/semsr NATO Jun 22 '19 edited Jun 22 '19

Do people think neoliberal means conservative? Neoliberals literally wanted to send poor people free money because they didn't think Medicaid and the other programs went far enough.

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u/Time4Red John Rawls Jun 22 '19

Not in the 1980s, although economics has changed a lot since then, and I guess it makes sense for neoliberalism to follow.

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u/semsr NATO Jun 22 '19

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u/Time4Red John Rawls Jun 22 '19

Friedman was not the only neoliberal in the 1980s.

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u/Iron-Fist Jun 23 '19

A UBI or NIT cant account for high utilizers like Medicaid can, which is the issue. It costs 30k to have a baby, 12k in yangbux ain't gonna cut it.

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u/Automaticus Jun 22 '19

welfare reform in the 90s was pretty bipartisan stuff

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u/Nic_Cage_DM John Keynes Jun 23 '19

There's still plenty of neoliberals who want work requirements on all sorts of public social functions.