• kingshrubb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Anyone have the numbers of social welfare spending vs corporate welfare spending for a recent year? Say 2020-2022? I can’t find it.

    • Luccus@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I’m too lazy to look up the numbers, but I think the premise of this argument is rather weak.

      Money spend on social welfare, vastly improves poor people’s lives. When you spend it on corporate welfare, the money tends to go into the pockets of people who are already pretty comfortable.

      This is a simplification of a multifaceted issue, but by and large I think this holds a lot more water than just comparing numbers.

      Also: There was a pandemic in the time period given, so there might be some selection bias.