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I got a 10 out of 10 because I've seen these strawmans in center-right arguments before. Definitely promotes thinking inside the box; the homelessness question presupposes the most expensive solution (buying the homeless homes) in opposition to annual costs that would probably go down over time. I doubt both figures.

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When I saw the first test, I was tempted to answer “no” just because it felt like a bait.

Then was like “no, it can't be that dumb so I did some napkin math and was like “ok at least theoretically that would fit the said amount, even though the problem is far more complex than just a money issue” and so I clicked “yes”. I didn't expected the sheer dumbness of the argument being made in the answer (nobody talks about buying a new house every year to homeless people, come on).

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