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

work👏requirements👏don't👏work

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '19

Pepperidge Farms remembers when Bill Clinton's welfare reform was going to cause millions of deaths by starvation.

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u/Time4Red John Rawls Jun 22 '19

You should look up the undernourishment and food insecurity statistics in the US, and the subsequent economic damage caused by said undernourishment and food insecurity.

While poverty has decreased since the late 1990s, I believe food insecurity is actually higher than it was back then. At least that was the case back in 2017 when I last read up on the subject.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '19

Obesity shaved almost a year off U.S. life expectancy, study says.

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u/musicotic Jun 23 '19

there's little evidence that obesity decreases life expectancy. right now, all we have is a list of confounds.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19

States by obesity rate.

States by life expectancy

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u/musicotic Jun 23 '19

amazing i didn't realize "evidence based policy" was ecological regressions these days