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[Greg Boeser]

Heard something else interesting.

In 2019 the Govt of Mexico decided they needed lots more trees so they started a tree planting program and offered to pay people to take care of them.

They burned through $3B very quickly but the program did not pay for maintaining existing trees.

So poor people began cutting down the existing trees so they could be replaced with newly planted trees that they were paid to maintain.

The net result was that 280 square miles were deforested as the result of a program to add more trees.

I cringe every time a politician announces a new multi-million dollar program with the words "if it changes one life it will be worth it."
BTW, I live in Minnesota, the Land of Ten Thousand Frauds.

 

[Greg Boeser]

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I could get into that.

 

[MIflyer]

I cringe every time a politician announces a new multi-million dollar program with the words "if it changes one life it will be worth it."

I recall that back in the late 60's the Democrats advocated a substantial increase in welfare payments by paying people to do govt-created jobs.

When asked where the money would come from they replied that those people would be paying taxes.....

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Wurger]