Sergey Brin’s $100B Private Fiefdom

Re:Sergey Brin’s $100B Private Fiefdom by imgabe on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:23PM (#34376244)

That's not the point. The comment implies all it would take to "house the poor" is to spend $100 billion. The government spends that amount many times over. Spending $100 billion is not a big deal. If that were sufficient to end homelessness, it would be done already.

Also, since when is confiscating 100% of someone's wealth, "paying their fair debt"? Do you happen to have any personal wealth? If so, why haven't you donated it to the government yet, as fairness dictates?

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Re:Sergey Brin’s $100B Private Fiefdom by nerbert on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:25PM (#34376262)

You nicely came to the conclusion that homelessness is indeed a political choice.

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Re:Sergey Brin’s $100B Private Fiefdom by imgabe on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:29PM (#34376295)

Please detail exactly how the $100 billion should be spent to end homelessness.

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Re:Sergey Brin’s $100B Private Fiefdom by kazinator on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:38PM (#34376361)

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Re:Sergey Brin’s $100B Private Fiefdom by knewter on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:27AM (#34379082)

Do you think homeless people are mostly homeless because of the lack of a house?

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Re:Sergey Brin’s $100B Private Fiefdom by astrange on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:46PM (#34376446)

Repeal all local zoning codes and spend the rest on lawyers defending the SCOTUS case.

And/or repeal the Faircloth Amendment and give it to HUD.

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Re:Sergey Brin’s $100B Private Fiefdom by _just7_ on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:36PM (#34376347)

Its a political choice in so far that we have artificially inflated home prices by not allowing enough homes to be build

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