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Underachievement Unlocked


11 oct. 2020

@scattermoon

We keep doing this, and we keep finding these same results, and then we keep ignoring them because the existence of widespread homelessness is ultimately an ideological choice by our politicians who claim it’s just a simple of fact of nature.

@rcbregman

WOOOW. A Canadian research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were ‘beautifully surprising’.

Turns out: basic income for the homeless pays for itself. It’s free money, because ‘the project saved the shelter system $8,100 per person’.

A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were ‘beautifully surprising’ | CBC News

The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and, according to one researcher, could challenge stereotypes about people "living on the margins."

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