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rob05c  ·  3900 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 5 reasons to consider a no-strings-attached, basic income for all Americans

    Though it is a minority, the fact still remains there will be people who are starving
I hate to use a Libertarian trope, but that's what charities are for.

I don't think any program can completely prevent people from harming themselves. If someone is so fantastically stupid, or so horribly addicted that they will spend money on something other than food, when they are literally starving to death, no social program can fix that. If they're that desperate, they'll find some way to turn what you give them into money to buy their non-food with.

    we should be sure the programs are actually achieving those goals.
I agree completely. I believe strongly in evidence-based policy. If we implement BI and find the homeless rate, the poverty rate, the starvation rate goes up, then we should definitely reevaluate the policy. But I suspect the rates will steadily drop, as more poor and homeless people apply for and receive their BI. They'll never reach zero, but again, I don't think that's possible. I'm not one to lightly say something is impossible.