[mpalmer]

You'll have to forgive me for not believing that you empathize, since most of your thoughts here are about rationalizing why there's nothing be to done.

There are other ways of thinking about this problem than as a zero-sum matter of where to allocate tax dollars.

[GiorgioG]

I don’t really give a shit whether you think I’m sincere or not. Lots of people are in shitty situations of their own doing, or not of their own doing - I can emphasize with them and still prefer not to prioritize tax dollars on their situation over others that benefits society more in my opinion.

[mpalmer]

Fine, you're sincere. But you didn't actually read my comment.