Politics, especially on the right, likes “right now” policies. We give the cops more gear right now to crack heads, etc. And inevitably in a few years when they’re out of office they cab point to the short term changes made and campaign off that. No matter the cost to society or vulnerable populations. I mean it’s not just the right, but they provide so many examples on the regular.

It's always better to prevent the problem both fiscally and responsibly. Modern Conservatives/Neoliberals don't care about that though, they just want to hurt people and then pretend they're doing something. Creating issues like this helps keep people distracted from the reality that the wealthy have robbed workers for the last 40 years

Basically the life of an IT admin in a nutshell