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by SV_BubbleTime 1802 days ago
> I don't understand why most functional governments didn't eventually have a monthly care package of "here's your masks, hand sanitizer, the latest newsletter, and your stimulus check".

Partly because it isn’t the role of government to “give” you things you might want while they are paid for with foreign debt in box.

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Disaster mitigation and relief has long been a governmental responsibility.