@Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoIs it not grotesque to give a random person 1.2 billion dollars in a lottery?message-square152fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down150file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-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 • 1 year agomessage-square152fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink8•1 year 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•1 year 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.xyzlinkfedilink-3•1 year 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.