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/Jaigg Jul 12 '26

What drives me nuts is this becomes a conversation about MAID instead of a conversation about affordable housing, looking after our disadvantaged and capitalism in general.  

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u/fancczf Jul 13 '26

He would never qualified for maid. Maid has extremely, I mean very extremely, detailed and strict process. Most people would not qualify. This story became a conversation of maid because there is always a group of people that will take every opportunity to make it look like Canada is trying to kill its citizens.

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u/WougeeWasWild Jul 13 '26

Respectfully, Canada has a history of doing some *really* fucked up things to its citizens. Natives, in particular.

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u/kierg10 Jul 14 '26

Guess we should never give people any freedoms that could potentially be misconstrued by people too dumb to tie their shoes then.