re: being poor causes bad decision making

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But let's just say it's true. Being poor CAUSES one to make bad decisions (probably through a stress mechanism).

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I would think that it actually opens up the door to provide more guidance and controls on the poor including drug testing for welfare, replacing EBT cards with beets/spinach/beans/rice, and revoking voting rights to those that take government assistance. I mean, if it is indeed true that poverty impedes cognative disability....