S.F. pays $61k/year for one tent to shelter the homeless

Re:S.F. pays $61k/year for one tent to shelter the homeless by senkora on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:32PM (#26352724)

There is an incentive for churches to remove government safety nets so that desperate people have to turn to churches for charity.

This gives churches the chance to try to convert people they otherwise wouldn’t. I think this is bad because it is manipulative and discourages some people from getting help.

We need government safety nets so that they can be applied fairly to all people, and so that everyone is comfortable claiming them if they qualify.

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Re:S.F. pays $61k/year for one tent to shelter the homeless by imwillofficial on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:57AM (#26354090)

All the church charities that I’ve ever seen have given for the sake of giving. It’s a good look for their cause for sure, but this used to be handled far more efficiently than it is now. Perhaps the modern system is a form of money laundering. People can’t be THAT wasteful, right?

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Re:S.F. pays $61k/year for one tent to shelter the homeless by julianapostate on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:21AM (#26354763)

and what kind of incentives does paying 61K a tent create?

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