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In this thoughtful opinion piece, Maytree’s Alan Broadbent and Elizabeth McIsaac emphasize the essential responsibility of government to invest or ‘spend money, big money’ to build a society where human and social rights are guaranteed. One where all people can flourish and live with dignity. To worry only about budget deficits and debt entrenches past economic thinking and derails investments in legislation, policies, programs and practices that meet human needs thus moving us to a caring community. It is a call for an ‘emancipatory state’ that would address human and social rights at the individual, community, and systems level. – Joey Edwardh
“When we look at government budgets, or at government spending on particular programs, our primary concern should not be about how much will be spent, but rather about how that spending will support a dignified life for each person and community it serves. Not, how much does it cost? But rather, what will we get for it?
A life with dignity requires, at minimum, that individuals and communities have an adequate standard of living. This is a fundamental human right […]“
