Amazon's Bezos Launches $2B Fund to Help the Homeless

Re:Amazon's Bezos Launches $2B Fund to Help the Homeless by jakelazaroff on Thursday September 13, 2018 @04:07PM (#17982050)

I suppose I'm advocating that we structure our society such that one person gaining wealth does not make it more difficult for another to live their life. I'm pointing out that, in a vacuum, this specific scenario:

> One family gets a large raise. Another gets a slightly harder time finding affordable housing.

is something to avoid, not strive for.

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Re:Amazon's Bezos Launches $2B Fund to Help the Homeless by corysama on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:16PM (#17982688)

Sure. But, it feels like there is a lot of shooting the messenger here. There is obviously a fault in the housing market of Seattle. If there wasn’t, supply would have risen to meet demand. But, Amazon didn’t cause the fault. They just made it obvious. So, when shit gets bad, who does the pitchforks come out for? The ones who made the problem obvious.

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