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> Why cash cut deaths? For many living across rural sub-Saharan Africa, getting to a health facility, and paying for care there, can be difficult, especially wh
by Frieren 1y ago
> Why cash cut deaths? For many living across rural sub-Saharan Africa, getting to a health facility, and paying for care there, can be difficult, especially when pregnant. Extra cash seems to make those decisions easier, as long as health care facilities weren't too far away.
Contrary to some extremist people believe, when people receives cash they will use it to improve their family well being.
To cut basic income on the poorest of society just creates more poverty, suffering and death.
AI does not need another trillion dollars, but the poor will make this world a better place if they get that money to raise their children.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoUBI covers more underfunded nondiscretionary personal spending that tends to have a marginal propensity to consume (MPC) of almost exactly 1 when used wisely. This means it funds necessary shit that might not have been funded and led to deleterious effects like malnutrition, stunted growth, and preventable disabilities. Means testing and treating recipients like criminals places burdensome barriers in front of support (e.g., costs in time, money, energy, and emotional well-being) and often costs more to administer than the cost of the assistance itself when taken too far beyond deterring/eliminating obvious fraud.