@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-square122fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-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-square122fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink7•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@gurmif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink-1•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.
No they couldn’t. If being homeless paid six figures there would suddenly be a lot more homeless people.