[fwdude]

The money was given, "no questions asked," but we somehow know how they spent the money.

Majorly bogus "study."

[cotton1706]

“The money was given, “no questions asked,” but we somehow know how they spent the money.”

I can only assume they were given something similar to a debit card, where the spending can be tracked.

I’m speaking as an accountant, since I do the same with my own spending.

[wny]

it’s not a “stipend”

it’s welfare, a handout...

[Singermom]

Dems. Always BUYING votes and picking winners and losers. Working citizens always the biggest losers. The ELITE decide how to dole out YOUR money.

[slumber1]

Those who received the $750 monthly stipend were less likely to remain unsheltered....

Notice they don't tell us how many actually got off the streets, just "less likely"

[faucetman]

“Those who received the $750 monthly stipend were less likely to remain unsheltered and closer to having enough money to meet all of their basic needs as compared to a control group who accessed usual homeless services, the study found.”

I DON’T BELIEVE YOU!

[Gene Eric]

>> universal basic income

attempting to dignify & normalize handouts/wellfare

[moovova]

Most of the homeless recipients created investment accounts with the free money...and quietly growing wealthy.

[Paul46360]

"Nearly 20% was spent on housing, 12.7% on transportation, 11.5% on clothing, 6.2% on healthcare, and 13.6% on other expenses that were not classified, the study found. More importantly, the initial findings "dispels this myth that people will use money for illicit purposes," Ben Henwood, who led the study, told the Los Angeles Times.

Only about 2% of the $750 per month was spent on alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, Henwood said in an interview with the Times; the majority of that money was spent on cigarettes."

[Magnum44]

[who_would_fardels_bear]

UBI= Universal Basic Idiocy

[HereInTheHeartland]

“ From each according to his ability, to each according to his need” is a slogan popularized by Karl Marx, often associated with the concept of communism.”

[PeterPrinciple]

Two key findings thus far include that people who
received M$ for 6 months are:

Less likely to be unsheltered as compared to
those who accessed usual services;

Closer to having enough money to meet all of
their basic needs as compared to those who
accessed usual services.
https://dworakpeck.usc.edu/sites/default/files/2023-12/Miracle%20Money_Nov%202023_FINAL_12.5.23.pdf

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results that sound good but don’t really tell you anything. An interpretation with an agenda.

[PeterPrinciple]

In-depth qualitative interviews with a subsample of 20 individuals in M$
who started receiving monthly income within the past 3 months provide
some understanding of how people are spending money.

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An interview where the recipients tell you what you want to hear so they get more free money.

[Lopeover]

Yes. What does $750/month buy in California? One can’t rent an apartment for that price.

[escapefromboston]

Might be a better way to handle welfare but it’s still welfare and a lot of hobos are schizos and/or junkies so no amount of money is going to help them unless you forcibly take them off the streets

[qaz123]

So $750 a month is enough to find a place to live and feed yourself in LA or SanFran?

Why all this talk about how expensive these places are?

[PGR88]

Someone please tell me why a major Fed.gov debt crisis / debt collapse would necessarily be a bad thing??

We are already on the path of Neo-marxism / fascism funded by printed money and debt, so we are headed there anyway.

[metmom]

They WILL spend it on drugs.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

An aquarium is always an artificial environment.

Stop feeding and the fish die.
Stop filtering and the fish die.

Yes, it looks nice.
Stop and the fish die.

[DAC21]

“Those who received the $750 monthly stipend were less likely to remain unsheltered and closer to having enough money to meet all of their basic needs”

Translation: this works wonderfully, but Taxpayers just need to give a lot more than $750 months.