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zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

UBI Cash Payments Reduced Homelessness, Increased Employment in Denver

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UBI Cash Payments Reduced Homelessness, Increased Employment in Denver

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zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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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.
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    The maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest revolution in history and led to an almost entirely equitable distribution of land ownership

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      And how did that work out for the estimated 15-55 million people that died of starvation as a result of the “equitable distribution of land ownership”?

      Source

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        Wikipedia lol

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          Would you like more sources?

          The Guardian

          NPR

          Britannica

          Al Jazeera

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            Oh wow, all bourgeois press or capitalist state affiliated media. I’m sure they have no bias that influences their portrayal of communist china.

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