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Re:Ask HN: ideas get cash cards for homeless car wash? by mattl on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @11:59AM (#40586563)
Just give people cash.
Re:Ask HN: ideas get cash cards for homeless car wash? by jeffrallen on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @11:57AM (#40586531)
If someone works to earn some money, what right do you have to limit how they use it?

This is not simply a libertarian argument: look up the research on cash grant programs. Abuse in cash grant programs is much less than you might guess, and because they are so cheap and simple to administer, their efficiency at achieving their intended results can be very high.

Re:Ask HN: ideas get cash cards for homeless car wash? by reify on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @01:06PM (#40587521)
A typical fascist idea.

empty of any human consideration or empathy

Control those poor homeless people whose homelessness is no fault of their own.

How about a car wash for the rich and pay them below minimum wage.

Muppet!