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Re:Oregon gave homeless youth $1k/month with no strings. Her... by gtowey on Sunday February 01, 2026 @03:53PM (#46849277)
> “Just one year after completing (the program), I’m in my own place, halfway through a business degree, focused on building a stable, secure foundation for my daughter and myself, and working toward becoming a nonprofit leader who supports her community.”

I know, right? She did all that just so she could give her social workers the feedback they wanted to hear! Those liberals are so dastardly!

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Re:Oregon gave homeless youth $1k/month with no strings. Her... by solid_fuel on Sunday February 01, 2026 @04:12PM (#46849408)
Those sneaky freeloaders, materially improving their lives and futures just to “prove” that social programs work.
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Re:Oregon gave homeless youth $1k/month with no strings. Her... by yunnpp on Sunday February 01, 2026 @04:32PM (#46849584)
And then they went back to homelessness. Those social workers running the survey won't even notice how poisoned the data set is.
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