Why I am leaving the US...

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Mr Khan said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Kasz216 said:

The implicatons seem clear... and really only make sense so long as you accept the position that "nobody wants people to die out in the street."

The problem with that statement, is government taking over the job of taking care of people, is going to kill more people in the end then if they just let us do it.

When government was not feeding and housing people, people in this country were not dying in the streets. They were being well fed, well houses, and in much safer environments. A larger portion of this group of people also contributed in some fashion.

It was a much better system. I hate it when people think because I don't want government doing something, that it means I don't want it done (I know that's not you Kasz). 

I'd like some statistics on that, definitely.

Sadly, I am trying to find starvation statistics in the US.

The ironic thing is....We don't have any sort of tangible statistics in the US for such things. The truth is, even during the great depression, few died from hunger. So you gotta wonder what all these food cards do today, when things are infinitely better on average, yet we still pay out billions in such things.