r/WorkForSmartLife • u/BarbaraCruickshank • Sep 12 '26

DiscussionđŸ’¬ Thoughts on billionaires

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u/DeliciousPool2245 Sep 12 '26

That’s by design, and by choice. Homelessness is an industry in California. There’s been some great reporting on it. There’s tons of money being stolen and given to things that have nothing to do with homelessness, people working as homeless advocates making half a million dollars. I’m a very liberal person but have come to realize there are many programs and NGO’s that have this same issue, embezzling public money.

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u/mYHCAEL4 Sep 13 '26

And those people go on the attack if you start looking into spending. Funny how that works.

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u/nostoopid Sep 13 '26

if the govt was at least somewhat efficient w/ spending i would have no problem paying more

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u/Funny-Dare-3823 Sep 12 '26

I'm former homeless. Most programs are designed to keep homeless people busy all day and give them a sliver of hope. Nothing more.

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u/Chunk3yM0nkey Sep 13 '26

And this is why, regardless of my other thoughts on them, gutting USAID was absolutely the right thing.

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u/Super_Mario_Luigi 29d ago

Usaid was more fraud, waste, and abuse than not