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Proof-Distribution62 t1_j7r0uq5 wrote

Reply to comment by SnooRevelations979 in 23 Baltimore schools have zero students proficient in math, per state test results by bobbyw24

You’re missing the other solution: tax the rich and provide Nordic level of welfare to families. Current system is woefully inadequate and leaves poorest families out entirely in a number of programs. By the way, this is the same answer to the question of how to ameliorate food deserts.

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SnooRevelations979 t1_j7rlocd wrote

Sure, the Nordics tax the rich at high levels. But the Nordics also tax everyone else at high levels, too. While the former may be politically doable, the second is not.

And while taxation is one of the reasons Nordic countries are middle class, it's also because until relatively recently they were quite homogenous. And their taxation and welfare systems enjoy broad approval. (In fact, right-wing parties don't even focus on them.) They also don't have the federated government we do.

So, your solution is about realistic as mine.

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lsree t1_j7s44l5 wrote

Not to mention they have oil wealth to subsidize their welfare programs (although we have oil too).

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