(November 1, 2023 at 6:08 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: At the risk of opening a tangent, when it comes to assistance, it really does. People are better off just getting the money a can of soup is "worth", rather than the can of soup. This holds true at a local food pantry all the way up to the scale of global food aid.
You're talking net harm again. You need to separate out the good and the bad and make each objectively quantifiable. Surely giving a hungry man soup is better than not?