This is why I asked my original question about estimated magnitudes to Winship — “this will lead to an unacceptably large reduction in labor supply” is a coherent view but it requires empirical support. The real position appears to actually be that poverty per se isn’t bad.
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That isn't as funny as you think. Lack of money is not the cause of poverty; it IS poverty, and nothing causes itself.
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And they absolutely right, and you know it, that you could divide up all the money in the world equally and poverty would return within a month or so.
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I come from an affluent background and money absolutely did a lot to address my drug problem when I was younger. I went to an expensive rehab while most of the people I hung out with were SOL if they wanted treatment because they were poor.
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We defeat poverty by spending lots of money managing people's lives but under no circumstances do we put the money in the hands of the impoverished.
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five million dollars to an agency which promises to provide "how to write a resume" powerpoint presentations is just being fiscally responsible
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I think what they meant is that throwing a *one time* sum of money at someone poor rarely improves their lives. Yes, if it's an ongoing entitlement it might help, but then it creates dependence on that entitlement.
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You get a poor person a car or even just a suit and it vastly improves their job prospects
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Source?
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This is right, and we all instinctively know it. Even if you airdropped cash into the poor neighbourhoods, they would still look similar a year later. It's why lottery winners end up blowing it all.
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