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Mental health declined? As in, worsened? This sounds wrong.
> However, researchers did report that all participants showed declines in overall mental health. Sounds like it's accurate. Living in a capitalist hellscape will do that to you.
But this is not what basic income is about, is it? As far as I know, basic income means that everybody receives a fixed income, rich or poor. What happens in Denver is just a social project, the only thing mildly special about it is that recipients didn't have to do anything in return. But there have been many of such projects in countries all over the world.
Giving everyone a basic income is more commonly called Universal Basic Income.
$1,000 a month won't even get you a small apartment where I live. You'd need double that just to rent one. Denver citizens must be lucky. My current home costs around $1,600 a month, utilities not included.
$1,000 a month won't even get you a small apartment where I live. You'd need double that just to rent one. Denver citizens must be lucky. My current home costs around $1,600 a month, utilities not included.
e.g. https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=500#search...
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Mental health declined? As in, worsened? This sounds wrong.
> Participants were asked to rate their mental health on a scale of 0 to 10... average the full sample of participants reported a mental health score of 6.12. [...] In addition, participants took the 10-Question Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (Kessler et al., 2002). Participants were asked ten questions rating how often they experience specific feelings related to distress on a scale from 1 to 5.
> Table 16 describes paired sample t-tests of the participants who completed the enrollment survey and six-month follow-up survey. While participants from none of the groups showed statistically significant changes,
This should probably have been a period and end of paragraph instead of a comma.
$1,000 a month won't even get you a small apartment where I live. You'd need double that just to rent one. Denver citizens must be lucky. My current home costs around $1,600 a month, utilities not included.
$1,000 a month won't even get you a small apartment where I live. You'd need double that just to rent one. Denver citizens must be lucky. My current home costs around $1,600 a month, utilities not included.
But this is not what basic income is about, is it? As far as I know, basic income means that everybody receives a fixed income, rich or poor. What happens in Denver is just a social project, the only thing mildly special about it is that recipients didn't have to do anything in return. But there have been many of such projects in countries all over the world.