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"The trial comes amid mounting evidence to suggest that giving money to those who need it is a surprisingly effective solution to poverty."

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Who is better to decide what will help a person than that person?

It's weird that conservatism rejects this simple idea that is just one side of the invisible hand of the market.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

also like, conservatives love to say "pull yourself up by your bootstraps", and what can be more in line with that than giving people money to bootstrap themselves with?

it's almost like that phrase actually just means "poor people should die so i don't have to look at them"