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This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food vouchers
Many people are expressing the opinion that she(and her husband) should have sold the Mercedes. I disagree. The couple decided they would be better off keeping it. I trust their judgement.
This is however, a good example of why should toss out all these government aid programs and replace them with a universal basic income or negative income tax. There is no reason to think this woman would not have purchased the formula her babies needed if she was given money instead of vouchers.
Money would have made her and others happier. Consider the incident she describes where she buys some root beer. If she were given money, she would not be embarrassed by having to use vouchers for the formula she purchased at the same time. If she were given money, the other customer would not be pissed off that she was buying soda while on the government dole. If she were given money, the cashier wouldn't be pissed off at the customer playing "soda police". One government program made three people upset. The government should be about maximizing peoples freedom and happiness not telling them what the must purchase.
This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food vouchers
Many people are expressing the opinion that she(and her husband) should have sold the Mercedes. I disagree. The couple decided they would be better off keeping it. I trust their judgement.
This is however, a good example of why should toss out all these government aid programs and replace them with a universal basic income or negative income tax. There is no reason to think this woman would not have purchased the formula her babies needed if she was given money instead of vouchers.
Money would have made her and others happier. Consider the incident she describes where she buys some root beer. If she were given money, she would not be embarrassed by having to use vouchers for the formula she purchased at the same time. If she were given money, the other customer would not be pissed off that she was buying soda while on the government dole. If she were given money, the cashier wouldn't be pissed off at the customer playing "soda police". One government program made three people upset. The government should be about maximizing peoples freedom and happiness not telling them what the must purchase.
