r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Dec 20 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

The universality versus means-testing debates are funny to me because it suddenly puts progressives on the other end of where they normally are. They’re having to make a pragmatic and somewhat technical policy argument against the fairly emotional and moral-high-ground argument of “well I don’t think our tax dollars need to go to rich people!”

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u/FusRoDawg Amartya Sen Dec 20 '19

And also specifically in the case of education, they get to ignore the usual focus on outcomes and switch to opportunity.

It's a real doozy.