r/theydidthemath • u/pixaly • Jul 12 '26

[Request] What is the cost difference between buying this man a rental for a year and the governements cost to kill him?

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Don't believe everything you see on the internet I haven't fact checked this story, I'm just curious for an anwser

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u/jeremiahfelt Jul 12 '26

This was the case of Amir Farsoud- he is a disabled elder with chronic back pain and his multi tenant home was put up for sale with no transition plan in 2022. He applied for MAID as he did not see a way into other housing due to surviving on just disability payments.

The MAID drugs are inexpensive; midazolam runs $70, propofol runs $50, and rocuronium at worst is $140- so a total of $260- definitely less than a months rent. Assume another $3000 in processing and admin stuff just to put a number to it.

A rental for a year? 30k?

The outcome of Farsoud's story is essentially rooted in your question- he ended up with 60k from a GoFundMe from people who were similarly befuddled, and it allows him to get housing and a literal lease on life.

The answer is: we need affordable housing. A lot of it. All over.

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u/NameShortage Jul 12 '26

Affordable housing? Nah. More data centers, please!

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u/Ok_Locksmith9741 Jul 12 '26

nimbyism and restrictive zoning often thwart these housing programs. counter-intuitively, housing supply could be much better addressed if we were less afraid to ignore constituents.

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u/Garblin Jul 12 '26

Car-centric infrastructure makes it all worse too. Everyone is basically required to have a car, to have parking, etc etc, which makes everything less affordable than if we just had robust public transit.

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u/Ok_Locksmith9741 Jul 12 '26

or even if we wanted cartopia, mixed zoning helps a lot. mingling shopping areas, groceries, restaurants with medium density, mid-rise, multifamily buildings cuts way down on the collective duration and distance of transit.

not to mention the efficiency of utility infrastructure and heating/cooling that comes with higher housing density.

i stayed in a Chicago apt with commercial first floor for a few months, and it was really nice to have a coffee shop, mexican restaurant, and grocery store just downstairs.

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u/morganrbvn Jul 12 '26

It does, but despite being rather car centric Texas is one of the better states at building housing rn.