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I'd bet money that most of the people will spend their free dollars on drugs and alcohol.

• skybrian 10y ago
  I'd take your bet. There are studies showing otherwise. "This study documented large, positive, and sustainable impacts across a wide range of outcomes including assets, earnings, food security, mental health, and domestic violence. It found no evidence of impacts on alcohol or tobacco use, crime, or inflation." [1] But that was in Kenya so maybe it would be different somewhere else? [1] https://www.givedirectly.org/research-at-give-directly https://www.givedirectly.org/research-at-give-directly
  • simbalion 10y ago
    I concede, under different economic conditions a program like this might be very successful, but in America it will attract lazy people like flies to shit.
    • dang 10y ago
      You've already posted many uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments to HN. That's not what this site is for, so please don't do that. Instead, please read the site guidelines and post civilly and substantively, or not at all. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
      • simbalion 10y ago
        I did read them before making any posts. I apologize and I'll try to ensure my comments have substance. I dont recall ever being 'uncivil'. My problem is usually being too kind, in fact.
• dang 10y ago
  We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11977054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11977054 and marked it off-topic.