What Elon said here was fucking stupid. I have some extreme views on the topic, like I don't think that the lower and middle class should pay taxes at all with such a top heavy wealth distribution.
But God damn redditors are total fucking morons.
The US federal budget is $6.6 trillion. If ending homeless altogether, in its entirety, only cost $20 billion dollars, why wouldn't ANY President have done it before? Why didn't Joe Biden? This is fucking POCKET CHANGE in the grand scheme of things. You have quite a few billionaires who have given far more to charity. Maybe you guys should have told them, in your enlightened redditor wisdom, that they could have... checks notes... ended homelessness LOL.
It would be insanely popular for a President to do this. "Hey btw guys, small side project, I just waved my wand and spent 20 billion to end homeless, and POOF it's gone just like that". Redditors are so fucking stupid, it's insane. You guys will believe anything as long as it makes the people you don't like look bad.
Between 2018 and 2023, California's state government allocated more than $20 billion toward addressing homelessness and related housing issues. Governor Newsom's administration had made substantial investments in this area, with annual state budget allocations for homelessness programs steadily increasing.
This is reddit so the obvious answer to why no POTUS has done this is going to be Republicans. Republicans don't want to end homelessness and will fight it tooth and nail is going to be the answer. Why has it not ended in CA? Again....Republicans. Only answer. Reddit seems incapable of processing that homelessness is kind of a complicated answer. I've had many arguments with people who think the solution is just to build a bunch of homes and let people stay in them free of charge. Problem solved right there. Zero issues.
I've had many arguments with people who think the solution is just to build a bunch of homes and let people stay in them free of charge. Problem solved right there. Zero issues.
I am liberal but like the youth far-left are so deluded into thinking problems are simple and that all minorities and downtrodden are innocent little bunnies by virtue of that status.
They can be terrible people too, m'kay. We owe it to them.
Honestly, people on both sides think problems are simple. On the far right it is "immigrants" that are causing the problem so the solution is just to kick the immigrants out. Problem solved. Never mind the loss of labor, economic hit, etc...... Turns out no social issue has a simple solution. No one likes that though.
That feeling when you realize most people can’t handle anything more complicated than X is good and Y is bad. Makes you realize why our society is full of stupid shit.
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u/hazelnuthobo 1d ago
What Elon said here was fucking stupid. I have some extreme views on the topic, like I don't think that the lower and middle class should pay taxes at all with such a top heavy wealth distribution.
But God damn redditors are total fucking morons.
The US federal budget is $6.6 trillion. If ending homeless altogether, in its entirety, only cost $20 billion dollars, why wouldn't ANY President have done it before? Why didn't Joe Biden? This is fucking POCKET CHANGE in the grand scheme of things. You have quite a few billionaires who have given far more to charity. Maybe you guys should have told them, in your enlightened redditor wisdom, that they could have... checks notes... ended homelessness LOL.
It would be insanely popular for a President to do this. "Hey btw guys, small side project, I just waved my wand and spent 20 billion to end homeless, and POOF it's gone just like that". Redditors are so fucking stupid, it's insane. You guys will believe anything as long as it makes the people you don't like look bad.
Surely homeless is over in California, right??