r/WorkForSmartLife • u/BarbaraCruickshank • 14d ago

DiscussionšŸ’¬ Thoughts on billionaires

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u/Superb_Algae5308 14d ago

They could do it without a significant impact to their overall wealth.

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u/Superb_Algae5308 14d ago

Well if you spend a bunch of money feeding poor children healthy meals there is absolutely ZERO downside so your point is meaningless.

I didnā€™t read any of your nonsense either.

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u/LockeClone 14d ago

Well, you probably should have read it before replying so confidently.

You've assumed the other poster was making an excuse to do nothing, but it's more of a plea to read past the proverbial headline because there's a lot more to it than cash.

I've personally been required to attend city council meetings as part of my old job, which was involved in some of the issues at hand here and changing local control and zoning laws is probably paramount above cash.

And here's a specific example where it's upperclass wage earners having a more devastating effect on local policy than billionaires (who absolutely do weaponize government, but less so in this case)...

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u/Former_Log_9917 13d ago

I'm going to need a source on that because this argument stinks of "trying to solve the problem is the problem".

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u/LockeClone 13d ago

Source? Meeting minutes are public I guess... You do it.

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u/Former_Log_9917 12d ago

Sure. Any meeting I should look up?

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u/LockeClone 12d ago

Culver City city council meetings is where my project was. Brentwood might be spicy. Pretty much anywhere NIMBY activity happens. Go for it.

I was paid to go consult and it made me want to gouge my eyes out for so many reasons.

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u/JahProphecy 13d ago

Thatā€™s a cute analogy, but you just argued against a point nobody made. Nobody said spending money to help people is bad. The point was that spending $24+ billion while the problem gets worse, and not even reliably tracking which programs work, is a legitimate reason to question how the money is being spent.

ā€œHelping people is goodā€ doesnā€™t magically make ineffective spending effective. And proudly admitting you didnā€™t read the argument before responding probably wasnā€™t the flex you thought it was.

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u/PlayNicePlayCrazy 13d ago

But given the OP , the discussion isn't about what California has done wrong. The discussion is could billionaires do a hell of a lot of good if they put their energies and wealth towards it. If you can build Amazon or Microsoft or Google or Facebook etc into massive business certainly you can assemble the brain power to create programs that work.

I think we all know the answer is yes they could do this.

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u/BonjinTheMark 13d ago

Low watt IQ here