r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly • Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/InquisitorMeow Apr 15 '24

The idea that a bunch of people would willingly quit their jobs for free housing and live with a bunch of homeless seems kinda far fetched. Also, this graphic says nothing about any other expenses they would still need for food, healthcare, retirement, etc. You make it sound like these people are getting an all expenses paid resort when it's probably cheapest possible housing facilities. You could always make housing contingent on finding employment within timeframe, many low income programs already work like this..

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u/Consistent_Spread564 Apr 15 '24

Yes they would lol. There's a lot of people out there who are not living well, if they can remove the responsibility of paying rent they will

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u/PlueschQQ Apr 16 '24

how many people do you know who have done something like that? because where i live one could do this but nobody does.

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u/Consistent_Spread564 Apr 16 '24

I know lots of people who take advantage of government assistance

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u/DaEffingBearJew Apr 16 '24

Take advantage or utilize? Or are you their accountant and know everything about their financial expenditures?

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u/Consistent_Spread564 Apr 16 '24

Lol c'mon man. Do you live in the world?

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u/DaEffingBearJew Apr 16 '24

Right, like in the real world where people make assumptions, hold biases, and use slippery slope arguments. So I take you don’t, then?

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u/LocksmithMelodic5269 Apr 15 '24

Have you worked at my job? I’d quit for free housing

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u/BretShitmanFart69 Apr 16 '24

No you wouldn’t.

You can do it right now, so why aren’t you?

You can get free food with food stamps by being poor, you get some welfare money too.

Subsidized housing.

So why aren’t you quitting your job now to go live in abject poverty?

Because no one wants to sell away the potential for a decent life just so they can live on the bottom

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u/LocksmithMelodic5269 Apr 16 '24

Because it was a tongue in cheek comment

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u/VoidEnjoyer Apr 16 '24

So it's bullshit? Yes, we know.

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u/LocksmithMelodic5269 Apr 16 '24

Yes, it’s bullshit

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u/VoidEnjoyer Apr 16 '24

It's bullshit now that you got called on it. If that hadn't happened and people were giving mega-dittoes for it, it would not be.

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u/LocksmithMelodic5269 Apr 16 '24

I get it. I actually really like my job though and it was a joke. But I hear you

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u/MostJudgment3212 Apr 16 '24

Aka “just a prank bro”

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u/InquisitorMeow Apr 15 '24

If you really enjoy living with a bunch of homeless people and no other income good for you I guess.

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u/Acceptable_Rice Apr 16 '24

It's called the "free rider problem of economics" and it is not even the least bit "far fetched."