KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED & FED during rough periods of their lives is *cheaper* than incarcerating & hospitalizing them repeatedly when they’re shoved onto the streets. Always has been. Just give them the money. It saves money, even if “it’s just the right thing to do” never convinced you.
Finland already showed this, why does any place have to test this out?
Could it be that the sheer aesthetics of a state caring for those in need are so off-putting to the right? Because even the cost arguments don't seem to work...
It is galling how bad some US policies are. The private prison industrial complex and the healthcare industrial complex are siphoning off money & people’s lives, destroying communities, futures, everything
That’s money with no strings attached. I’m not allowed to supplement the SSI I didn’t ask for. I’m not allowed to earn money.
yeah but how can you commodify mental illness if you help them!?
This was very interesting to read. I am wondering why the ”lump sum” group seemed to have better outcomes than the monthly payment group. Perhaps a combination of the 2 would be better again? Definitely worth investing in to trial.
Republicans would rather spend extra money to punish people they don't think are worthy of existence than to "reward" behavior they don't approve of. Y'know, like being poor.
Capitalism needs unhoused people to suffer visibly as an incentive for people to work. They can make way more money while an unhoused class exists because it allows them to depress wages and benefits. It's harder to get workers to argue for better treatment without the looming threat of homelessness
Absolutely right.