Dwyer, I know that you’re a reporter. One that covers politics and policy. However I also note that you’re a freaksnomics alum.

So might I ask; where’s the marketplace in all this? Why is every last initiative towards social justice void of any outlook, other than that the government or it’s agents and/or policy boards, think tanks and the like can fix the problem?

Does it ever occur to you or the policy wonks that there are other avenues to address issues such as this; that the government is not the end all/be all.

If you want to know why these interventions need continual overhaul; it is because they are anathema to the true workings of the marketplace. It seems that you and so many others feel the only prescription for any perceived problem is more government intervention.

Of course, when that fails, as it must, the only proper policy response is to intervene further. To double down and triple down if necessary. Then as a result of the inevitable unintended consequences there is bccomes the need for some sort evidentiary policy (proof of worthiness/eligibility) to ensure proper use of expenditures. Followed of course by all manner of oversight. Then a deluge of regulation meant to aid, but only adds hindrance to the web of which the poor can never escape.

The end result will eventually be a moving of the goalposts; a restatement and reclassification of the goals. I. E.: JFK’s safety net eventually became entitlements.

In the end the Safety net has become more like a Fishing net, ensnaring all who get caught in it’s web, to a lifetime of entrapment and indentured servitude to the USS Trawler.