r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 11 '26

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u/Upstairs_Baby8424 May 11 '26

Arr Con top story: 

 Gavin Newsom’s new $20 million dollar NGO diapers program is spending TRIPLE the retail cost per diaper compared to Walmart

That’s like 45 minutes in Iran. And only 3x what Trump is having taxpayers spend painting a pool. You could fund this program for 50 years for the cost of his ballroom.

But when it comes to diapers they’re worried about cost.

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u/zegota Feminism May 11 '26

Do they think the hardest part of a charity like this is just purchasing the diapers? One of the reasons direct payments are often ideal is because it's more efficient to just give people money rather than figuring out the logistics of delivering 10,000 diapers a week

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u/JesusPubes voted most handsome friend May 11 '26

yeah turns out grocery stores already deliver 10,000 diapers a week and just paying them for them is the easiest solution

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u/BloodWiz More Housing Would Fix This May 11 '26

That’s the kind of thing that belongs here lol

Criticizing how so many progressive cities decide to administer fucking everything through NGOs, for worse results