The concept has been proven several times, Foster said, pointing to various demonstration projects. In Stockton, California, for instance, parents who received $500 a month for two years, no strings attached, were better able to meet their expenses and were more likely to work, contrary to the Washington “conventional wisdom” that materially helping people is bad for them because it promotes laziness.
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