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Utah managed to do it and they're doing just fine.
ok. you can afford to fund Utah's homeless problem for 1.5 years, with 500 million, which is what you'd be left with after winning the 1 Billion dollar lottery
https://utahstories.com/2022/10/the-300-million-utah-homeless-question/#:~:text=Answered%20by%20Utah's%20Foremost%20State,year%20on%20Utah's%20homeless%20services.
You can always start a foundation to keep the money flowing in. People would donate
Probably more cost effective to pay off local and state politicians to get tax money diverted to it.
True. That's lobbying I can get behind
Foundations do not exist to solve problems. They exist so their founders can profit either socially and financially off of them.