Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoWhen if ever did "Throw Money at The Problem:" actually work? Instead of being about 75 percent useless?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down14
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWhen if ever did "Throw Money at The Problem:" actually work? Instead of being about 75 percent useless?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareruuster13@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 hours ago poor community So the problem is still poverty.
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·16 hours agoyou don’t fix poverty by giving poor people money. you fix it by providing them upward mobility.
minus-squareruuster13@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours agoOk great. So give them upward mobility. That’s going to cost money.
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agoNo it doesn’t. It requires work ethic
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 hours agoUBI pilot programs give a lot of evidence to the contrary
So the problem is still poverty.
you don’t fix poverty by giving poor people money.
you fix it by providing them upward mobility.
Ok great. So give them upward mobility. That’s going to cost money.
No it doesn’t. It requires work ethic
UBI pilot programs give a lot of evidence to the contrary
No, they don’t.