Chrono Cross, duh

The excuse given is that automation has provided almost all of that increase so we should sociopathically not raise wages because we’re sociopaths.

Sorry if I wasn’t clearer but yes this is going to address a part of the problem but what many think of when we think of homeless people are the chronically unhoused and those people’s issues are largely mental issues rather than purely financial. This program addresses recent homelessness.

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115 of 722 people met the standards and maintained contact. We have no idea what the total shelter population was that the study looked at.

“We screened 732 participants from 22 shelters from four shelter organizations across Metro Vancouver. Our preregistered screening criteria were: age 19 to 65, homeless for less than 2 y (homelessness defined as the lack of stable housing), Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and nonsevere levels of substance use (DAST-10) (21), alcohol use (AUDIT) (22), and mental health symptoms Colorado Symptom Index (CSI) (23) based on predefined thresholds (see SI Appendix, Table S1 in SI Appendix, section 1.3.2). These screening criteria were used to reduce any potential risks of harm (e.g., overdose) from the cash transfer. To ensure accurate responses, the screening survey was conducted under a cover story without any mention of the cash transfer. Of the 732 participants, 229 passed all criteria (31%). Due to loss of contact with 114 participants despite our repeated attempts to reach them, we successfully enrolled 115 participants in the study as the final sample (50 cash, 65 noncash; see Table 1). The sample size was modest but was nonetheless adequately powered to detect statistically significant effects from the preregistered power analysis”

For those not paying attention they chose the people most likely to return to society and gave them the ability to do so. This would resolve homelessness for those who just need a helping hand. This will not address those who are homeless by choice (usually due to mental illness) or are extremely mentally ill.

Im not saying it is a bad study or an idea we should not pursue but no one should look at this as a way to “solve” homelessness.

I missed foosball and neither should count as physical activity

Because their decision not to take the money is a choice.

The only way it would be not available to them would be if someone else was preventing them from taking the money. That is not the case. The money is available but they are not taking it.

The only people this money is not available to are people with adult children or childless adults.

Because they do have a choice. Im not trying to be an asshole here but you really seem to not understand the words you are using here.

They have a choice to take the money and homeschool or not take the money and send their kids to public. The fact that they cannot make ends meet if they took the homeschooling money does not make it unavailable to them.

The fact that they can choose to take the money means it is available.

The fact they they are making a choice is why we can say it is available. If they could not choose it then it would not be available.

Im not joking you really do not seem to understand what “available” means. You really want this to be two tiered and it isn’t. I promise you that the Ultra Orthodox community next to me is both very poor and almost entirely homeschooled through Yeshivas.

They do because they can choose to homeschool. As the only thing that is preventing them from taking this money is their own decisions and choices it is completely inaccurate to claim it is not available. It is available and they choose not to take it.

If someone stopped them then you could claim it isn’t available but that is not the case.

Ok now you need to learn what “access” means. Im hoping English is not your primary language.

That is a false equivalence as you will be stopped for attempting to purchase a Ferrari if you do not have the money. In fact they credit check you before any talk of the deal begins.

In the case of this program NO ONE IS STOPPING YOU OTHER THAN YOU WHICH IS WHY IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.

You need to look up what “available” means then because that is your confusion. There is milk available to me right now but my choice not to drink it because Im lactose intolerant does not impact the fact it is available to me.

The fact that they cannot take the money because of other circumstances does not mean they are being prevented from accessing it. Since they aren’t being prevented from accessing this money by anyone other than their own decisions you cannot claim the money is not available to them. It is available and they are choosing not to take it.

It really seems like you do not understand what “available” means.

Now you’re just arguing in bad faith. The fact that they can choose to take the money means the program is available to all parents of school aged children.

No it’s like saying you have an option to participate in x program but choose not to because of y. No one is stopping you from accessing x other than your choice which is exactly what these people are facing.

The fact that they have the choice is why I can say that the money is available.

You keep saying they don’t have a choice but they do even if the other option is bad.

The only ones who are denied access to this money are people with no kids or whose kids graduated

The availability of the funds is based on whether you choose to homeschool not whether it makes financial sense for you to do so which us why I keep saying they are in fact available to all parents because they are.

If they will talk to you Ultra Orthodox Jews can explain exactly how you do this as there are thousands of people in those communities who homeschool and have no income.

That does not make it two tiered. The poor person could choose to homeschool and access these funds. They are available to anyone with kids.

I don’t think everyone can homeschool. I never said they could.

A single parent being unable to afford to homeschool does not mean the money is not available to them. The money is available but their circumstances prevent its use. That is why I said your confusion is over what “available” means.

Your inability to homeschool does not mean the program is not available to you. You could choose to homeschool and get the money if you want.