The promise of improving lives. This is the essence of government programs. From education to healthcare. From infrastructure to social safety nets. These initiatives are designed to bridge gaps. To support citizens. To achieve justice and prosperity. But they are often a focus of debate. Between effectiveness and bureaucracy. Between necessity and the capacity to implement. These quotes address the complexities and hopes of those programs.
āOne of the problems with trying to help underdogs, especially with government programs, is that they and everyone else start to think of them as underdogs, focusing on their problems rather than their opportunities. Thinking of themselves as underdogs can also dissipate their energies in resentments of others, rather than spending that energy making the most of their own possibilities.ā
āMost Americans living below the official poverty line own a car or truck - and government entitlement programs seldom provide cars and trucks. Most people living below the official poverty line also have air conditioning, color television, and a microwave oven - and these too are not usually handed out by government entitlement programs.Cell phones and other electronic devices are by no means unheard of in low-income neighborhoods, where children would supposedly go hungry if there were no school-lunch programs. In reality, low-income people are overweight more often than other Americans.ā
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