fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThai government to allow citizens to partially convert losing lottery tickets to retirement savingswww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoThat’s a funny policy. Doesn’t it just incentivise gambling? Why not give the money to seniors unconditionally?
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoShhh people have to earn their ROI on their taxes. Can’t just be spending tax dollars to promote the general welfare all willy-nilly.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoIn the Thai context, you have to wonder if it’s very specific families getting an ROI out of this, even. It’s also possible it was some power figure’s random idea, I guess, and just got passed based on that. Hanlon’s razor and all.
That’s a funny policy. Doesn’t it just incentivise gambling? Why not give the money to seniors unconditionally?
Shhh people have to earn their ROI on their taxes. Can’t just be spending tax dollars to promote the general welfare all willy-nilly.
In the Thai context, you have to wonder if it’s very specific families getting an ROI out of this, even.
It’s also possible it was some power figure’s random idea, I guess, and just got passed based on that. Hanlon’s razor and all.