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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I saw that piece. One thing about the study was how they selected the population.
I wonder what percentage of homeless people that includes - my guess would be pretty low.
I do agree that giving people money when they have none and that is their primary problem is almost certainly a value add. Those people can get back into the system and it probably reduces health care costs etc.
I'd be more cautious about giving large cash payments to people with substance abuse issues - it seems like there are some obvious potential issues there. And I'm not sure how you would differentiate that if you scaled this up vs just a study.
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I think this study actually shows why UBI is a bad idea. Giving money to people who need it most is a really good idea. Blindly giving money to everyone is a bad idea. The real objective here is to keep improving our "social safety net" programs by getting proper support to those that really need it because:
1) It really doesn't "cost" that much because there are great benefits
2) It greatly benefits those that need it vs minor/no benefit for those that don't need it