• SootyChimney [any]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    The cost of administrating benefits, ie fact checking and means testing and complex rules etc, typically costs 1-2x as much as the benefits themselves. It’s not even about saving money, it’s about making sure that poor people are sufficiently screwed.