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I think I read somewhere recently that something like £200mn spent on ADHD support would save £2bn in crime and benefits expenses.
I'm pulling those figures out of my arse btw. But it was something like that
Don't talk about spending money early in a preventative manner that benefits society. That's illegal here. We let things get bad and end up spending way more money in a reactive way that usually brings the worst outcome. And we're proud of it
Yeah I think something that doesn't get brought up in these conversations is that when we talk about how much money is being spent on something or how much could be saved specifically is that that money is going into someone's pocket and they are getting a lot of money so they obviously don't want it saved.
Very true. The government is full of ways to funnel public money into rich people's pockets by design. And then they do their best to convince the not-rich that it's the marginalised in society that are causing pretty much all of our problems, actually