Being hungry as a child is a great experience to motivate kids to do well in school so they never have to experience it as an adult. Also, we should make sure they’re hungry from K-12. What amazing entrepreneurs they’ll become!
I'm going to get even more radical. Give everyone lunch. Economies of scale make it even cheaper per person and the health benefits lead to the oh-so-coveted increased productivity.
"That billionaire worked hard to be the only person able to afford the best nutrition, education, healthcare and network. How dare you trivialise their efforts by just handing out rewards to everyone! The deservedly poor are just going to get all uppity!"
I think this has generally been the criticism. They feel it is a devaluation of their work to provide resources for or share them with others. The damage to them is from the increased competition for their tenuous social/financial status when they have a fairer fight.
You can see it even in the social media posts about "why do people flipping burgers deserve a slightly more liveable minimum wage when I had to sell my left kidney to buy my MBA!".
I appreciate the question was rhetorical, I just thought it was a good moment to discuss prosocial and antisocial motivations and how they manifest.
I appreciate you letting in some light on a common counterargument. The whole “devil’s advocate” thing doesn’t always go over well (can be used as a cover for contrarian JAQassery) but it’s useful when done right.
The fact this is even a radical idea shows how far down the debate pervert rabbit hole this country has gone. People are willing to argue against even the most basic additions to the public trust that other countries who became democratic long after the United States had solved decades ago.
it’s just a power fantasy for scared little weiner-men who say things like “I haven’t been in a fight in years because everyone loves me and thinks I’m great, but I could probably take 6 or 7 dudes if I had to” and “I wanted to join the marines, they could use a guy like me, but I’d beat the shit out of my drill sergeant the first time he got in my face”.
Give Jason Aldean a dollar, and he’ll make you feel like a big tough manly manny man man. It’s funny because when push actually came to shove we have him on video pushing and shoving his way through the crowd to get away from the danger.
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