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Alexander Chee

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UBI keeps winning

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Aly 's avatar Aly @alyam.bsky.social
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The article is so interesting because they didn’t even use the money for anything typical, just on rent. The same massive benefit could be enjoyed if housing was affordable

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Deborah's avatar Deborah @deborah-c.bsky.social
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Maybe if they just try ONE more trial they’ll be able to show it doesn’t work? Better be a really big one to have statistical significance, mind.

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Rachel Klein's avatar Rachel Klein @racheleklein.bsky.social
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“Just giving people money won’t solve their problems!” *gives people money* *it solves a bunch of their problems* “Nevertheless!”

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Abi Stevens | commissions open's avatar Abi Stevens | commissions open @abistevensart.bsky.social
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And yet newspapers, magazines and our governments continue to pretend to be shocked that giving people the money they need for basic existence without caveat improves their lives. :/

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Six canning jars in a trenchcoat 𓅃's avatar Six canning jars in a trenchcoat 𓅃 @lids.bsky.social
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Every time.

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Chris, Mr. KaBoomBOX if you’re nasty…🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🏴‍☠️'s avatar Chris, Mr. KaBoomBOX if you’re nasty…🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ @kaboombox.bsky.social
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They keep running these tests and getting the same results. Yet they need to do another one.

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Michael, from the internet™ 🌲🏴's avatar Michael, from the internet™ 🌲🏴 @champl.in
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At this point it’s pretty much irrefutable that UBI can functionally eliminate poverty, which means the argument against it is purely about whether or not some people deserve poverty 👀

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humanbean's avatar humanbean @dangerpixel.com
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I love how they keep doing this study over and over and every single time it has the same positive results, and yet yet they just keep doing studies

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Mick719's avatar Mick719 @mick719.bsky.social
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“We know that if we trust people to make the right decisions for themselves and their families, it leads to better outcomes,” Isn’t this the right wing refrain?

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dex3703's avatar dex3703 @dex3703.bsky.social
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This is why you never hear about it.

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