re: Austin becomes the first Texas city to experiment with ‘guaranteed income’

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Literally dozens of places have tried some variation of this and I have yet to see one legit study to show it has helped in any way.

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What? Those programs were obviously so successful that poverty was permanently erased in those areas, thus why they no longer do those programs.

What these folks don't understand is that lack of money isn't a driver of poverty, it's the result of it. They are treating the symptom instead of the cause. Pushing personal responsibility and better life choices, things like getting a continuing education in a STEM field or a field that builds/repairs things (most liberal arts fields don't pay well), don't have kids before you're married, don't do drugs until they are legalized (or don't do them at all), moderate drinking at most, don't start smoking, take care of your things (ie: that $1k phone), purchase property and put your money into it instead of bling and trying to make your shitty Honda Escort sound like it should be on a NASCAR track, put money back for a "rainy day", etc.

But that's too difficult because it might hurt someone's feelings.

So we try UBI... again. And it will fail... again.