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Is giving people cash working? Six months of Denver's Basic Income Project (denverite.com)

submitted 11 months ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does giving people money when they’re absolutely fucking desperately broke help them not be absolutely fucking desperately broke?

I love that we have to study something so incredibly obvious.

[–] weedazz@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The majority of people will say that if you give a homeless person a thousand dollars, they'll use it on drugs. This data is there to dispute that objection, despite it being obvious to you

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Whereas, if you give a rich kid $1000, they probably will spend it on drugs.