Federal Government Shutdown

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That's because you cannot simply rage war against poverty - our government has not been looking at serious solutions. As for 'why' they haven't - it might have something to do with that web comic thar.

Mark: non-poor targets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Io0OQ2zPS4

Congratulations, you have now destabilized the region... thusly: nobody is 'poor', because nobody is 'rich'.

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You'll have to do better than that. What other entity is large enough to create a social safety net like Social Security or a health care system? Unemployment insurance? Subsidized housing for the poor? A national road system? National park services? Food and Drug Administration?

-Charities- (in the plural)
<insert your big corporate here (Walmart, for example)>

All 'national' systems can easily be taken over by private businesses (roads and parks? *giggles*).

I didn't say that a government wasn't an effective way to get things like this in place... but stating that they are the only method by which any of these might occur is simply false (because there are other ways it might occur... QED and stuff).

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Because everyone knows a corporation would never put profit above the health and safety of its workers or the environment.

^Likely not. Can't say never, but unless it becomes a significant concern... AND short-term profits aren't the focus of the company: it's not going to happen.

Well... health/safety of workers is fairly common in small-scale businesses.