I think this is a positive development, but to me it highlights how sad it is that so much of America sees investment in its own people as "wasteful spending."
Protecting the most vulnerable people and ensuring people don't fall into the trap of poverty is an investment that should occur at the governmental level. There are many such governmental investments that would alleviate serious long-term problems.
My biggest frustration with the American government and American business-oriented culture in general is a lack of long-term thinking. We know that "a stitch in time saves nine," but instead we decide to go the nine stitches route. Put more nerdily, people do not properly respect the implications of exponential growth.
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit”
Protecting the most vulnerable people and ensuring people don't fall into the trap of poverty is an investment that should occur at the governmental level. There are many such governmental investments that would alleviate serious long-term problems.
My biggest frustration with the American government and American business-oriented culture in general is a lack of long-term thinking. We know that "a stitch in time saves nine," but instead we decide to go the nine stitches route. Put more nerdily, people do not properly respect the implications of exponential growth.
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit”
-- Greek proverb