Me and a guy with go into a job interview. The other guy gets his apartment paid for by the state, he asks for $10/hr I need to pay for my apartment so I need

Me and a guy with go into a job interview. The other guy gets his apartment paid for by the state, he asks for $10/hr I need to pay for my apartment so I need $20. The other guy gets the job and the apartment. Have this play out a million times across the entire economy.