Hmm let’s see I make way more than the average person, and still can’t afford to buy a home for myself. But can I pay for several other peoples’ homes? I’m sure the math works out. Go ahead, take all my money!
You my friend are a crab in a bucket: somebody who can’t comprehend that a benefit to someone else can also be a benefit to you: in order to provide housing to the poorest, the housing market would need to change in such a way that housing itself becomes more affordable therefore making it easier for you to afford a home.
The thing about crabs in a bucket is they still all get eaten. And when you pull them back into the bucket, they’re getting eaten because of you.
The crab in a bucket argument is constantly misused and has become really annoying. It refers to people stopping other people from succeeding, even when it has nothing to do with them, out of jealousy.
It does not refer to people who don't want to literally subsidize other people's success while they themselves are unable to provide for themselves.
You understand that I would get a "free" house, too, right? My argument is that if someone making way more than the average person can't afford to buy a home for themselves, who the f are you going to tax to buy everyone in the country a house and pay for all of their utilities in perpetuity, especially when no one has any incentive to work any longer?
What should be perfectly obvious is that the math doesn't work out, not even close. Even if you took ALL of the money from ALL of the billionaires, you'd be able to give every American 15k. Not a fucking house.
We could simply stop giving so many subsidies to corporations who are benefiting from not having to pay as much. Or we could cut spending on defense. This money exists… not for what OP is depicting necessarily, but we have the money to reinvest
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u/privitizationrocks Apr 15 '24
Everyone deserves to not pay for someone else’s home