• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    Being bad is one thing, but a lot of people say “Well of course people think it’s bad. It’s not handing out money to people willy-nilly, so people hate it”. Some people would rather have bad things that are efficient with money (because if you have a lot of money, you can solve the problem).

    Being financially inefficient may get some people to look into it and change their tune.

    Going from…

    I spend more money and get what I want, poor people just need to work harder and be smarter with their money.

    To…

    Why am I paying more money for bureaucracy when I could be paying less money for less bureaucracy? I don’t care if more people get help…I just want to be paying less.

    Of course, some people would rather pay more for more red tape because they really hate the idea of poorer people having access to the things they have. But some people are not that bad.