Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case for a basic income

Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by Frondo on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:52AM (#23272732)

There are 12 US cities that have achieved "functional zero" homelessness -- no chronic homelessness and no homeless vets.

The country of Finland has done the same, with a plan to reach absolute zero (nobody staying temporarily with friends or relatives) by 2022. Right now, over there, with 5.5 million people, 500 people don't have permanent housing of their own.

Does that count?

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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by WalterBright on Friday May 22, 2020 @04:29PM (#23276577)

> 500 people don't have permanent housing of their own.

I.e. it's inadequate.

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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by Frondo on Friday May 22, 2020 @05:31PM (#23277287)

You said: "I'm not aware of any social problem that has been adequately resolved by any organization, government or private. There's always someone who thinks it's not good enough."

If you think that 500 people out of 5.5 million -- who aren't sleeping on the street, but have access to shelter and only lack their own permanent housing, with a plan to house them in the next two years -- is "inadequate," that's a you problem, not a "no social problem has adequately been resolved by any organization" problem.

Try surfing, man. It might relax you.

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