>>510507189 (OP)>Work for food stampsThey tried to implement this here in Australia with a population of 30 million and it was a complete disaster.
First they took away welfare payments and started giving aboriginals the CDC “cashless debit card” which was a prepaid eftpos card they could only use on approved purchases such as food.
Then they rolled out WFD “work for the dole” which required people to “volunteer” at a workplace in order to continue receiving their CDC.
This led to mass homelessness and starvation, recipients were frequently disconnected from their payments or unable to attend to WFD commitments.
This does not incentivise people to become employed, rather,
Makes it harder for them to become employed as their quality of life has now been reduced substantially. The longer this is allowed to fester, the more of a problem it becomes as the person digs themselves deeper into a rut, making it harder for them and costlier to get out of.
They tried to remove the alcohol stores too.
This is why a lot of aboriginals resorted to straight up drinking petrol.
Basically, it has the unintended, opposite effect of what you’d expect.
You can make people work for food stamps in the US, but it will just turn the US into even more of a shithole.
The only way out of the rut is civilian trust and genuine investment in your population, if you want them to thrive. Western countries need UBI.