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I wonder how many people you could pay to just sweep streets and clean up garbage for 1 billion.
by Zarath 7y ago
I wonder how many people you could pay to just sweep streets and clean up garbage for 1 billion.
- vuln 7y agoLittle Rock is doing this. https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/little-rock-homeless-pick-up-trash-payment-program https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/little-rock-homeless-pic...
- trophycase 7y agoIt's not like there's a shortage of work that society needs done, but that capitalists won't be able to make money off of. I think this is a perfect target for getting people on their feet.
- vuln 7y agoMaybe someone or a not profit could built an app which pays people for picking up trash. The user would take a pic of the trash then a pic of proper disposal. The user would get paid some small amount that varies based on item, maybe 5-20 cents. The company could use the exif data from the photos for various studies. That data could be resold or used to help companies built better products or realize their customers are ruining their brand by throwing Pepsi cans on the ground instead of the recycling bin. If you brought on the social media aspect your users could humble brag about the few dollars a month they make helping keep the earth clean.
- someguydave 7y agoWho is going to pay the homeless to do unprofitable work?
- Zarath 7y agoThe same people that are paying 1bn to build unprofitable housing? (I have to assume the housing is unprofitable or else it wouldn't be so difficult to build it)
- seriesf 7y agoHousing is so expensive that you'd have to pay ~$50k/year even for those jobs. That's the big problem: anything you do on the demand side, like paying people higher wages, or giving them housing vouchers, goes directly into the landlords' pockets.