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Old 11-13-2007, 01:55 PM
VarlosZ VarlosZ is offline
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Default Re: Helping the Poor

Yes it's +EV. Inefficient use of resources due to diminishing returns otherwise. (Obviously the distribution has to be competently handled, though.)

tomdemaine's solution would do a better job of fixing this particular problem. Since it's not gonna happen, however, we should be giving alms one way or another.
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