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Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by marcosdumay on Monday May 30, 2022 @03:03PM (#31562430)
That's the argument for UBI. Basically it's "no, we don't trust the government even to decide if somebody is in a precarious situation, much less to know how to help them".

It's probably more cynical than the reality warrants, but it's visibly closer to the truth than the current "let's poll the money and hire some people to help the ones in need".

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Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by IMTDb on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:00AM (#31568992)
> "no, we don't trust the government even to decide if somebody is in a precarious situation, much less to know how to help them"

UBI switches the question : "we think the people themselves would do a much better job if they just had the money". It's gonna be true in some cases. And completely wrong in many others.

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