AmagicalFishy comments on What Cost for Irrationality? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AmagicalFishy 14 November 2015 04:03:13AM 0 points [-]

I know this post is five years old, but can someone explain this to me? I understood that both questions could have an answer of no because one may want to minimize the monetary loss / maximize the monetary gain of the poorer family—therefore, the poorer family should get a higher reduction and a lower penalty. Am I misunderstanding something about the situation?