Old article updated with peer review today.

  • @Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip
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    51 year ago

    I don’t know what you’ve been smoking but no.

    Did you catch the part in the article where the amount of money handed out in total was gained back (with dividends) in the difference between state aid required for the people being homeless versus housed? Of course you didn’t, because you have a narrative in mind already.

    Government Aid almost always comes with stipulations, that’s not new, and it’s not to be frowned upon. If my taxpayer money is going to help people I would like to ensure there’s some guardrails in place as well. Desperate people will do anything for money and we need reasonable assurances that person chosen to participate in such programs, are ready to commit to changing life for the better.

    • firecat
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      21 year ago

      you didn’t read the real study, they were looking for people in shelters not people who are outside the streets. Your claim is false, as the government does need to intervene as the study is from Canada. Your american money was never spent in the first place.

      Don’t trust newspapers that hide facts.

      • @Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip
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        01 year ago

        why does the source of the less than fortunate person matter? The fact is, shelters have rules, and a program like this is definitely better off having culled the selection pool down to persons who have already demonstrated willingness to follow basic rules in atn attempt to reintegrate.

        I think you depend on newspapers too much for facts.