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Re:Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness by refurb on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:16PM (#37346016)
You're extrapolating your own experience to the entire population. I can assure you there are people out there who are happy to be burden. I know several.
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Re:Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness by mcv on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:27AM (#37349935)
The big question is: do you want to cripple your society in order to avoid supporting those people?
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Re:Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness by refurb on Friday September 01, 2023 @09:22AM (#37350479)
I don’t think those are the only two options.
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Re:Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness by mcv on Friday September 01, 2023 @10:09AM (#37351057)
Maybe not, but it's a surprisingly popular option. Policy-makers are often so afraid that someone undeserving might be helped by a policy that they'd rather hurt deserving people or spend more money to weed out the undeserving people that it would cost to just help them.
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