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Vancouver Gave Homeless People $5,800. It Changed Their Lives

• xupybd 6y ago
  I know a homeless guy. He wasn't always homeless. Had a good job had a good house to live in. Then the stress got to him (not a lot he had a low threshold). Now he doesn't want the stress of work or a home. He eats well and gets enough money from the government that he could pay rent but he doesn't want to. I'm not sure how to help him. Or if he wants help.
  • randomopining 6y ago
    Well I mean everybody else is paying for him to survive. Kinda selfish. He should at least get a basic job.
    • glouwbug 6y ago
      Not really, he just has it figured out better than any of us.
      • ranguna 6y ago
        How so ?
  • 4638383474 6y ago
    Sounds like he's ripe to realize all the suppressed potential that UBI advocates are always talking about.
    • xupybd 6y ago
      He is on the unemployment Benefit here in NZ. It's not loads of money but it's better than many suggested UBI rates
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• adamredwoods 6y ago
  Actual article: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/vancouver-gave-its-homeless-5800-it-changed-their-lives/ https://reasonstobecheerful.world/vancouver-gave-its-homeles... >> “We inherently do not trust people living in poverty,” says Claire Williams, co-founder of FSC. “If you think of something like income assistance, welfare, even employment insurance, we make the burden of proof so high for people to access those benefits because we fundamentally assume that people are trying to cheat the system.”