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JumpCrisscross • today at 5:10 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> If a mansion is surrounded by a slum is society better off?

Who is in the mansion and who is in the slum?


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throwaway85825 • today at 5:19 PM

Irrelevant

The government exists for the general welfare and and economic system that subsidizes idleness because the disingenuous say "look over there, its a net positive" while ignoring the externalized cost borne by the taxpayer is just theft from the taxpayer.

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