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by pedrosorio 2140 days ago
Did you read the OPs argument? It’s not that “helping people leads to helping more people” is a problem. It’s how many people can a single city (particularly one as housing constrained as SF) afford to help.

Suppose you want to help people and decide that donating 20% of your after tax salary helping people is reasonable.

Instead, offer anyone who comes to your door in need $1000. How long will you be able to keep it up?