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I think you could vastly reduce the number of people who are simply trapped in a gravity well of poverty, but there will definitely be need of additional progra
by acjohnson55 13y ago
I think you could vastly reduce the number of people who are simply trapped in a gravity well of poverty, but there will definitely be need of additional programs. There are a lot of sociological problems that money by itself does not solve. For example, not everyone is capable of making decisions that will keep them alive and healthy. After all, a very large percentage of the homeless are not psychologically well. And we'll also still have orphans.
- rpedela 13y agoThat is a good point. I view the poor and homeless as two different groups. Yes the homeless are also poor, but as you say they often have a whole set of other problems besides money. People who are just poor, money can help them.
- acjohnson55 13y agoI would say that a very large number of people in poverty have problems that money alone can't help. But the kicker is that a very large number of those problems can be attributed to consistent poverty. So a basic income would not make our sociological problems disappear immediately. But it would contribute greatly to ending the cycle of poverty-inflicted trauma that makes poverty strongly heritable.