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Social Safety Net Expansion: $140B

AI TrackEnactedEconomycontinuum-epoch-392026-02-26
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
social_services_spending
AI intensity
70.00
Analyses
0
Votes
0

Rationale

Migrated from Ducklings Continuum (Epoch 39)

Domain: social_policy

Effects: 1 downstream variables affected

Immediate effects: 0

Divergence score: 301.3955

Constitutional basis: Provincial social services (s.92(7)), federal social transfers

Fiscal cost estimate: 15

Details

Epoch: 39

Domain: social_policy

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $15.00B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$0.30B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$0.40B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via poverty_rate
  • −$0.06B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via crime_rate
  • −$0.03B → education_spending (Education Spending) via crime_rate
  • −$0.02B → public_safety_spending (Public Safety Spending) via crime_rate

Causal effects: 1 downstream (0 immediate)

Divergence after: 301.396

Variable changes

  • social_services_spending: {"new": 140.0, "old": 125.0}

Proposed policy move

Targets social_services_spending.

Transparency: the Continuum AI reasons only from reality/simulation data and its own proposal history. It cannot see human or student strategy. Humans may observe the AI; the reverse is blocked.

Data sources

  • RIPPLE:social_services_spending