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Results of LA’s 3-year basic income experiment were “transformative”. It gave people “time and space” to improve their lives by “landing better jobs, leaving unsafe living conditions and escaping abusive relationships”. [latimes.com]

Study details ‘transformative’ results from L.A. pilot that guaranteed families $1,000 a month
Study details ‘transformative’ results from L.A. pilot that guaranteed families $1,000 a month

L.A.’s BIG:LEAP experiment gave monthly payments to poor families for a year with no strings attached. Recipients saw lasting benefits, a study finds.

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Giving people transformative time & space to land better jobs, leave unsafe living conditions, and escape abusive relationships is dangerous commulism actually and literally a threat to freedom. We get freedom here instead.

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