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The Us government budget is over 4 trillion dollars. Why not use $100 billion of that to house the poor?
by imgabe 4y ago
The Us government budget is over 4 trillion dollars. Why not use $100 billion of that to house the poor?
- bobkazamakis 4y agoThese aren't mutally exclusive. Plenty of government programs are still underfunded, and plenty of the rich aren't paying their fair debts to society.
- imgabe 4y agoThat's not the point. The comment implies all it would take to "house the poor" is to spend $100 billion. The government spends that amount many times over. Spending $100 billion is not a big deal. If that were sufficient to end homelessness, it would be done already. Also, since when is confiscating 100% of someone's wealth, "paying their fair debt"? Do you happen to have any personal wealth? If so, why haven't you donated it to the government yet, as fairness dictates?
- nerbert 4y agoYou nicely came to the conclusion that homelessness is indeed a political choice.
- imgabe 4y agoPlease detail exactly how the $100 billion should be spent to end homelessness.
- kazinator 4y agoIf we assume, say, 600K homeless, that gives us a $166K budget per person. (If we somehow spend that, per person, our main challenge would be keeping it secret so as not to disincentivize people who have to work for $166K; we need them to pay taxes.)
- knewter 4y agoDo you think homeless people are mostly homeless because of the lack of a house?
- astrange 4y agoRepeal all local zoning codes and spend the rest on lawyers defending the SCOTUS case. And/or repeal the Faircloth Amendment and give it to HUD.
- _just7_ 4y agoIts a political choice in so far that we have artificially inflated home prices by not allowing enough homes to be build
- Craighead 4y ago[dead]
- woodruffw 4y agoIt occurs to this humble Internet peasant that we might do both.
- rizky05 4y ago[dead]