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Comment by SoftTalker

6 months ago

> how could they get the money to move to this place

Maybe we give it to them? They're very likely on subsidized income anyway, it's a one time cost and drop in the bucket to move them to someplace more affordable.

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el_benhameen  6 months ago

Have you ever met a senior? For most people, the world shrinks as they age: it’s harder to learn new routines, figure out how to do things, etc. just popping them out of a place where they have family, services, and routines into an entirely new place is a recipe for disaster.

  • SoftTalker  6 months ago

    Well, let them swelter or go without their meds then? If they have so much family and support around, why are they struggling to pay for the AC?

    • WarOnPrivacy  6 months ago

      > If they have so much family and support around

      I think you're inventing stuff to say. The article said:

          "There's a lot of seniors down here that are living
     check to check.
     They can barely afford prescriptions such as myself,"

      The people in poverty aren't the ones with the power here. The ones with the power are public officials, utility executives and voting shareholders. Their decisions drive how much more electricity costs than it needs to.

      Dozens of millions of Americans are poor because they're poor. People work hard with what they have and for some it works out well and for some it doesn't. That's reality.

WarOnPrivacy  6 months ago

> Maybe we give it to them?

Established funding sources tend to have long lines of applicants.

Past that, if it's public funds, the rising political force is fiercely opposed to this - mostly for ideological reasons that are disconnected from actual outcomes.