• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    A lot of us would need financial sponsorship. So there’d be a literal financial drain on those economies.

    I still would like to sign up.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Not if you stayed, then it’s an investment. Money doesn’t just disappear when goes to poor people, they use it to buy things like food and stuff. It would only be a financial drain if you were sending that money back home.

      The North American mind cannot comprehend the benefits of supporting the poor.

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        3 hours ago

        Perhaps strain would be a better word than drain - it would still be a short-mid term financial burden to take even a tiny fraction of the sane population from the US, it’s a big country. Sure would be nice if it could be arranged though…

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        2 hours ago

        I get that, the initial investment would be pretty significant.

        I’m not against it of course, I just think it’s necessary to understand the risks of any gamble.