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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Because we currently have money for those things and just aren't spending it on them.

Building up an actual lean time fund for actual lean times instead of engineered poverty that can and should be addressed with what's already there is just good policy, growth is not infinite, and having an emergency fund available to make up differences can significantly smooth over bust times for the working class.