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Re:Study: A universal basic income would grow the economy by IanCal on Thursday August 31, 2017 @12:53PM (#15141688)
> Not sure what you mean by this. The issue is that currently welfare payments are earmarked: this money can only be used for rent, this money can only be used for food, etc.

I mean this is often not the case in the UK. We don't have food stamps and housing benefit is afaik generally paid directly to the person, not the landlord.

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