“The trial comes amid mounting evidence to suggest that giving money to those who need it is a surprisingly effective solution to poverty.”

  • ShareMySims
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    3 days ago

    Don’t get me wrong, giving money directly to those who need it most is a good start, but in isolation it will not go far to resolve the issue - people need housing, a support network, empathetic and accessible healthcare, some fucking stability and security.

    Also - knowing how bad, by design, our benefits and homelessness “support” systems are, how neoliberal our government is, and how much worse they’re already aiming to make them, I am extremely sceptical of this being applied without those it’s supposed to help having to jump through a million impossible hoops, and somehow, some rich person ending up with a multi million pound contract for something or other.

    Here’s hoping it provides at least some real relief to a few people while it lasts, but yeah, I’m not pinning much long term hope on this.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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      3 days ago

      somehow, some rich person ending up with a multi million pound contract for something or other.

      Domestic terrorist spotted. Why do u hate sucess?