This is actually an older news story, and it does appear as though she recovered from this before her death.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14389544
You forgot your own question?
What makes her more deserving than, say, Doctors Without Borders?
In the context of whether Doctors Without Borders or her, the only difference is who was there first.
The tax write-off bit means being rich enough that donating the building to charity won’t even make a dent in their wealth.
As for what I know about tax, only that I’d be happier knowing it’s being put to good use where it should be and not where it is being.
So govt forces owner to donate to 93 year old squatter charity instead of donating to a different charity of their choice. Still a forced donation because money is fungible, doesn’t matter who got there first.
The tax write-off bit means being rich enough that donating the building to charity won’t even make a dent in their wealth
Codify that. Ready set go.
Government forces people to donate their property for specific projects often enough. This wouldn’t be much different. A proper government that is a representative of the people it governs wouldn’t allow these type of situations in the first place, but those rarely exist, so we deal with what there is.
“Codify” huh? If you’re looking for lawmakers, you’re in the wrong place.
Profit is worth less than human lives. If you disagree, also in the wrong place for that.
If you’re talking about eminent domain, the gov has to pay fair market value for the assets it takes, at least in the USA. So you’re just flat out wrong using that as an example because in this context you guys are talking about the government forcing someone to provide something to somebody else for free, or just seizing their property (!) to do it themselves.
I’m looking for you to be able to articulate a specific rule or set of rules with hard numbers and thresholds that applies to literally everyone. You can walk around all you want saying rich people are big bad meanies and should give this poor woman free housing. But it turns out people will always act in their own rational self interest, and until you can figure out a way to codify your values into law, you might as well be writing letters to santa. I wish everything were perfect and nobody wants for anything, but the universe just doesn’t work that way. It’s hard to believe there are so many people naive enough to not know this by now.
I’m definitely in the wrong place because all I’m hearing is a bunch of morons.