How would America handle socialistic programs being shut down?

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Kasz216 said:

ishiki said:
This country needs to cut everything... But we won't.

Well it's not JUST this country.  It's really endemic to democracy.  Politicians buy votes, but not in the way most people think.

In general it's much more convient to spend future money to keep yourself in power then it is to be responsible with the money.

 

Whether it be Social Welfare, Military construction contracts, Stimulus spending or Emergency aid.

I actually don't believe it is a problem with democracy in general, but it is a problem when the media and academics continue to blindly support progressive policies without ever questioning whether they actually work or not. Generations after they were initially started, there is substantial evidence that the social programs that currently exist do nothing but trap people in poverty, make people more dependent, erode the family structure, and remove incentives to do the right thing with your life (and for your children). Even with all this evidence it is impossible to make significant progress on these programs because supporters of these programs judge them based on their intentions not on their results.