Post Aj8hwaysU75M4aAvB2 by RaePatterson@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Aj8UYo68lUzIOutmMa by scottsantens@hachyderm.io
2024-06-20T13:31:59Z
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Individuals who received the $1,000/mo or $500/mo payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received the basic income. Results also showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs."It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."https://www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic-income-reduces-homelessness-food-insecurity-housing-ubi-gbi-2024-6
(DIR) Post #Aj8hvPIqPx5TZ4wp1c by Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot
2024-06-20T13:47:44Z
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@scottsantens not just poverty, also freedom from one of the main causes of stress.
(DIR) Post #Aj8hw0cdfJuDJBUeW0 by redscroll@hachyderm.io
2024-06-20T15:24:04Z
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@scottsantens I love how every single UBI study has the same results and yet it doesn't get implemented at a large scale bc "handouts". Clown society
(DIR) Post #Aj8hwaysU75M4aAvB2 by RaePatterson@mastodon.social
2024-06-20T15:33:39Z
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@redscroll @scottsantens The people who object to "handouts" to the "undeserving" seem to have pretty strong ideas about what people they have never even met "deserve."