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Re:Free Money: The Surprising Effects of a Basic Income Supp... by jadell on Monday November 13, 2017 @01:58PM (#15689052)
Does something like AmeriCorps fit your description? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmeriCorps
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Re:Free Money: The Surprising Effects of a Basic Income Supp... by Hasz on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:11PM (#15689192)
AmeriCorps seems to be highly targeted at students, with loan deferral and forgiveness programs.

I'd like to see such a program for people who recently got out of jail, for example, or at least an addition to AmeriCorps that targets those individuals.

650,000 people get out of jail every year -- having a strong public works program could help those individuals get back to becoming functioning and contributing members of society.

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