Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get back on their feet. A new study in Denver suggests it works.
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Another study, another proposed policy we'll never see
It's nice that homeless people were able to enjoy a significantly higher quality of life but inflation made my latte $7 so I don't think we should be giving away free handouts.
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I put that /s because you ravenous Lemmy commies can't read sarcasm even if it was written by Marx. I'm onto you guys 😉
Yeah these kinds of studies just keep happening, get the government refuses to do anything to make the problems go away. It's almost as if the country is run by greedy capitalists who have no interest in seeing anyone of the working class survive without daily struggle and hardship. Weird.