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Re:Activists push for guaranteed minimum income for Canadians by Hilyin on Sunday June 29, 2014 @06:52PM (#7962809)
It has to be livable on in order to prevent the crime people are forced to do when they aren't making enough to live on though.
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Re:Activists push for guaranteed minimum income for Canadians by bayesianhorse on Sunday June 29, 2014 @07:09PM (#7962862)
Is crime in Canada really motivated by basic subsistence? In developing countries, and in the US this is sometimes the case, but even then, there are "honest" opportunities which aren't that much worse.
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Re:Activists push for guaranteed minimum income for Canadians by arg01 on Sunday June 29, 2014 @08:26PM (#7963072)
There are multiple studies and meta studies presenting a link between inequality and crime. So even if it's not for basic subsistence it does appear that raising the lower end of society up could improve the crime rate. Though I admit that's not a comment on the reason for the crime.

http://cjr.sagepub.com/content/18/2/182.abstract

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