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"They did not spend more money on alcohol or drugs, contrary to what people believe, and instead they spent the money on rent, food, housing, transit, furniture, a used car, clothes. It's entirely the opposite of what people think they're going to do with the money." https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-b-c-study-gave-50-homeless-people-7-500-each-here-s-what-they-spent-it-on-1.6540030
@estherschindler Stuff like this makes me wonder how many studies it's going to take.
How many times do we have to test the conventional "wisdom" that poor people are poor because they're bad before we finally accept that this belief has no basis in reality?