haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agoIs giving people cash working? Six months of Denver's Basic Income Projectdenverite.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkIs giving people cash working? Six months of Denver's Basic Income Projectdenverite.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoDoes 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.
minus-squareweedazz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThe 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
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWhereas, if you give a rich kid $1000, they probably will spend it on drugs.
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.
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
Whereas, if you give a rich kid $1000, they probably will spend it on drugs.