"necessary but insufficient" is not /wrong/ but it's, well, insufficient for speaking about the actual shape of policy intentions. doesn't carry enough embedded meaning.
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It's also not the same thing as "means-tested" vs "universal" although there is some overlap. "Means-tested" is going to refer to the specific policy that we in fact means test to support the needy, but it doesn't carry the meaning of the other policy we pursue for everyone else.
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As Policy Understanders™ we apply this [insert word] policy in multiple areas. Housing is the main one though.
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@besttrousers.bsky.social I know you are thinking about replying to this post with "neoliberal" but don't do it
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Haha, I totally was.
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I was thinking about this after @jdcmedlock.bsky.social talked about how means tested programs in Norway exist. Like there's a weird way in which The Discourse now thinks of means tested programs as actively bad.
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I think it's really just an extension of frustration over universal healthcare and the general perception of Democrats as always doing bipartisan compromises with Republicans instead of speaking boldly about outcomes (student loan forgiveness Pell grant business owners 3 yr disadv communities)
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Yeah, it's disconnected from policies in a lot of ways.
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working on it
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not telling anyone about it til its out bc im sick of people stealing my well-formed nouns and putting them to incorrect use this last half decade
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If you want to dm to workshop it I promise I won't leak it 🙏
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