Give me $20m and I'll give you the conclusions of this study without the middleman. The result will be "poor people just don't bother to earn money so it's okay to punish them and to change nothing about society :edgeworth-shrug:".
They created an "initiative" with the money: https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/. The people working there mostly have a medical background. They do local research and advise policymakers, e.g. interviewing people who live in RVs & finding out what alternatives are preffered, what their direct concerns are, etc.
This doesn't seem like a bad thing to me. It's not establishing communism, but it's a way for unhoused people to be represented and have their concerns heard. This doesn't mean all their issues will be solved, but that isn't the fault of this research group. Groups like this don't propose altering macroeconomics, but small-scale community plans like changing RV housing laws, creating resources for drug testing & clean needles, municipal budgets for rental assistance, etc. The reason for that is still :liberalism:, of course.
I'm not saying the scientists or professionals involved will be malicious, but the results of these groups seem to be, at best 'harmless', and at worst, very damaging. There's already a wealth of evidence for policymakers, they're not looking for more data, just more excuses to carry on as usual.
Give me $20m and I'll give you the conclusions of this study without the middleman. The result will be "poor people just don't bother to earn money so it's okay to punish them and to change nothing about society :edgeworth-shrug:".
They created an "initiative" with the money: https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/. The people working there mostly have a medical background. They do local research and advise policymakers, e.g. interviewing people who live in RVs & finding out what alternatives are preffered, what their direct concerns are, etc.
This doesn't seem like a bad thing to me. It's not establishing communism, but it's a way for unhoused people to be represented and have their concerns heard. This doesn't mean all their issues will be solved, but that isn't the fault of this research group. Groups like this don't propose altering macroeconomics, but small-scale community plans like changing RV housing laws, creating resources for drug testing & clean needles, municipal budgets for rental assistance, etc. The reason for that is still :liberalism:, of course.
I'm not saying the scientists or professionals involved will be malicious, but the results of these groups seem to be, at best 'harmless', and at worst, very damaging. There's already a wealth of evidence for policymakers, they're not looking for more data, just more excuses to carry on as usual.