I've donated to organizations that pay bail for those who can't afford it and others that buy medical debts for pennies on the dollar in order to forgive them.
It's both great to know "man, that dollar went a long way"... and still feels like a tiny drop in a very large bucket.
I assume you're talking about RIP Medical Debt. As I've found success in the healthcare technology industry, they were IMO a good choice for a portion of a recent windfall. I recommend donating to them as well!
What do you mean "receive the least"? Pretty much all the social programs we have target the poor, not the rich. The poor are the ones that receive the most.
Forget mortgage interest deductions. Take a look at cash back rewards cards. Cash-using households ultimately end up transferring money to card-using households this way, because merchants don't usually set higher prices for card users to compensate for fees. See https://www.bostonfed.org/publications/public-policy-discuss...
I get an average of 1-2% off of almost everything I buy simply because I can use a cash back rewards card to do it. It's sickening.
Is there something stopping poor people from getting these cards? I mean sure, if they have bad credit they can't, but I know plenty of poor people with good credit.
This is a narrow understanding. Rich individuals are setup to benefit from the programs for the poor. Such that what you say is both true and irrelevant. Poor individuals are not benefited.
Food stamps allow wealthy people to hire help for less than it costs to feed their children.
Before anyone jumps on me, I'm not saying letting their children starve is a valid solution.
But anti-poverty programs unquestionably allow illegal immigrants to work for wages less than it would take to support their families lifestyle, which encourages them to come to the US.
Upper middle class and wealthy people benefit from that.
The other issue with food stamps is that it's pretty common for poor people with drug problems to turn them into cash by buying steaks / meat and selling to restaurants.
So the hallmarks of the wealthy Cali lifestyle end up indirectly subsidized by food stamps.
Combined with the logic that not everything that helps the rich helps the poor, it isn't that bad. Keeps you from trying to make the poor pay for policy, after all...
I’m not who you are replying to, but you can make an argument that companies like Walmart are able to pay their employees less because many of them are receiving government aid. I know I’ve seen statistics on the % of Walmart employees that are on food stamps, and it’s shockingly high.