@Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoIs it not grotesque to give a random person 1.2 billion dollars in a lottery?message-square146fedilinkarrow-up1206file-text
arrow-up1206message-squareIs it not grotesque to give a random person 1.2 billion dollars in a lottery?@Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square146fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink10•2 years agoSan Francisco spends $700 million a year dealing with their roughly 7,000 unhoused people. They could just give every one of them $100,000 a year and spend less, and probably have better results.
minus-square@Honytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink4•2 years agoPretty sure that if they didn’t spend 700 million, there would be quite a lot more than 7000 unhoused people.
minus-square@gurmif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink1•2 years agoNo they couldn’t. If being homeless paid six figures there would suddenly be a lot more homeless people.
San Francisco spends $700 million a year dealing with their roughly 7,000 unhoused people. They could just give every one of them $100,000 a year and spend less, and probably have better results.
Pretty sure that if they didn’t spend 700 million, there would be quite a lot more than 7000 unhoused people.
No they couldn’t. If being homeless paid six figures there would suddenly be a lot more homeless people.