Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
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UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get back on their feet. A new study in Denver suggests it works.
    • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Possibly, but they wouldn’t do it 8 hours/day by choice. Anyone who has made what they love doing into their job will tell you this.

      Nobody picks up garbage for fun. Whos going to pick up the garbage? Who’s going to wait tables? Who’s going to be a nurse?

      • bane_killgrind@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Antisocial people, prosocial people, and people that want to be nurses?

        You wouldn’t drive a garbage truck? Think about the things you could watch get crushed.

        If your only motivation to do things is survival you lead a sad life.

        You bring up another point, a lot of stuff doesn’t need to be done 8 hours a day.