▲ 909 ▼ UBI Cash Payments Reduced Homelessness, Increased Employment in Denver (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 3 years ago by zephyreks@lemmy.ml [M] to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 274 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] i_understand@mastodon.social 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zippy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They gave the money to people living on friends couches. That is not exactly homeless but was considered a roommate at one time. Ubi is universal. It is in the name. Give it to every person regardless of status and see how effective it is compared to the money spent. I bet it is a poor return. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] i_understand@mastodon.social 1 point 3 years ago Pretty much they're giving money to people who are most likely to be transitionally homeless and then claiming success even though most if not all of the participants wouldn't be homeless after a year anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zippy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They gave the money to people living on friends couches. That is not exactly homeless but was considered a roommate at one time. Ubi is universal. It is in the name. Give it to every person regardless of status and see how effective it is compared to the money spent. I bet it is a poor return. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] i_understand@mastodon.social 1 point 3 years ago Pretty much they're giving money to people who are most likely to be transitionally homeless and then claiming success even though most if not all of the participants wouldn't be homeless after a year anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] i_understand@mastodon.social 1 point 3 years ago Pretty much they're giving money to people who are most likely to be transitionally homeless and then claiming success even though most if not all of the participants wouldn't be homeless after a year anyway. permalink fedilink source parent