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Why would anyone be pissed? If someone else does well how does that hurt you?

darpa_escapee 10y ago
People are jealous and have been pretty good at coming up with reasons why certain people don't deserve nice things for quite some time.
vsl 10y ago
By taking your hard earned money away to fund such schemes (taxes, you know?)
- e12e 10y ago
  So, people will be angry that someone stops net receiving tax money and starts net paying tax money (relative to the services they receive)? Don't get me wrong, I know full well many people are irrational and petty - but aren't these people that'll find some other irrational detail to get angry about? Being angry that a cheap system for welfare helps someone get off welfare makes no sense. Especially if one disagree with having a welfare system?
CountSessine 10y ago
This is the same question pg asked about income inequality in general; if IPO'd founders or hedge-fund managers are mind-bogglingly-rich, why would that piss off anyone else? How does that hurt them? And yet people are and would be pissed.
- thatfrenchguy 10y ago
  The fact that are super rich is awesome. The fact that there is millions of people without health care and access to good food and education is a real problem.
lastyearman 10y ago
Well, there is limited amount of resources. So when someone buys a big house, someone else must have a smaller house.
- rwmj 10y ago
  That's only true if your country is completely covered in houses up to the maximum possible height of buildings. I'm not aware of any such country (or even city or town -- possibly Singapore or Hong Kong come close).
  - anonymfus 10y ago
    You assume that limiting factor for houses is land, but in real world it's infrastructure, especially transportation.
    - rwmj 10y ago
      Fine, housing and roads. I'm still wondering which country the OP lives in where both housing and infrastructure are so dense that "when someone buys a big house, someone else must have a smaller house."
jondubois 10y ago
Because they drive up the cost of living for everyone else by consuming more stuff than they need and distorting the economy in the process.
wlievens 10y ago
I think the comment refers to the fact that under a lottery many others would not have the opportunity.

People are jealous and have been pretty good at coming up with reasons why certain people don't deserve nice things for quite some time.

vsl 10y ago

By taking your hard earned money away to fund such schemes (taxes, you know?)

e12e 10y ago
So, people will be angry that someone stops net receiving tax money and starts net paying tax money (relative to the services they receive)? Don't get me wrong, I know full well many people are irrational and petty - but aren't these people that'll find some other irrational detail to get angry about? Being angry that a cheap system for welfare helps someone get off welfare makes no sense. Especially if one disagree with having a welfare system?

CountSessine 10y ago

This is the same question pg asked about income inequality in general; if IPO'd founders or hedge-fund managers are mind-bogglingly-rich, why would that piss off anyone else? How does that hurt them? And yet people are and would be pissed.

thatfrenchguy 10y ago
The fact that are super rich is awesome. The fact that there is millions of people without health care and access to good food and education is a real problem.

lastyearman 10y ago

Well, there is limited amount of resources. So when someone buys a big house, someone else must have a smaller house.

rwmj 10y ago
That's only true if your country is completely covered in houses up to the maximum possible height of buildings. I'm not aware of any such country (or even city or town -- possibly Singapore or Hong Kong come close).
- anonymfus 10y ago
  You assume that limiting factor for houses is land, but in real world it's infrastructure, especially transportation.
  - rwmj 10y ago
    Fine, housing and roads. I'm still wondering which country the OP lives in where both housing and infrastructure are so dense that "when someone buys a big house, someone else must have a smaller house."

jondubois 10y ago

Because they drive up the cost of living for everyone else by consuming more stuff than they need and distorting the economy in the process.

wlievens 10y ago

I think the comment refers to the fact that under a lottery many others would not have the opportunity.