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Re:Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness by mcv on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:20AM (#37349845)
I think I've also heard of similar experiments where a significant number of the people who used drugs actually quit using drugs once they got other options.

I don't have a link, though. Just a vague memory of reading about this once.

Re:Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness by clnq on Friday September 01, 2023 @09:56AM (#37350893)
Yeah, and we couldn’t disqualify people from UBI anyways, as that could mean banishment from an UBI-inflated economy. They might be unable to afford even the most basic necessities when the economy adjusts to everyone’s increased spending power.

So with UBI will come a certain amount of UBI spent on blow. And maybe that’s fine if overall humanity is better off. It doesn’t need to be perfect, just considerably better.