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

    • 9point6@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Funny because the evidence seems to suggest as the article reported—it will help lift more people out of poverty than not doing it. That’s what this trial is intending to confirm.

      What’s your evidence that they’re wrong?

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      3 days ago

      Who is better to decide what will help a person than that person?

      It’s weird that conservatism rejects this simple idea that is just one side of the invisible hand of the market.

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        3 days ago

        also like, conservatives love to say “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”, and what can be more in line with that than giving people money to bootstrap themselves with?

        it’s almost like that phrase actually just means “poor people should die so i don’t have to look at them”