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Those seem incompatible to me.

(UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)

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[-] Landmammals@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Exactly, it's an economic stimulus package aimed directly at the people who are currently being forced to work for as little money as possible. The people with the money do not want the boot taken off the neck of the poor.

It would be more cost-effective to give homeless people home and treatment than to allow them to be on the streets. So why don't we? Because homeless people exist as a reminder to everyone else that there is a huge penalty for failing to continue working.

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