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Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found. (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] demonquark@lemmy.ml 60 points 2 years ago (36 children)

Which is in line with most other UBI experiments. How many more experiments do we need until politicians just acknowledge that this is good policy and we need to start implementing it?

[–] Hexagon@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago (35 children)

I'm not against it, but where would the money come from?

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Who cares? Did you not see how it was cheaper than what we're currently doing because fewer people wind up in hospitals and prisons?

Where does the more money we are currently spending come from?

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