i know where you're coming from but if you start paying them for nothing, no one will work anymore. you can't create a welfare state or else it will crumble on itself. someone has to foot the bill too, so everyone else will have to pay more in the long run. maybe there could be some kind of government dollar akin to a payment form like ebt that could only be used to purchase limited resources, but even this is enough of an incentive for any societal dropout to stay dropped out. if you're earnest about paying them, they need jobs and a place to stay, then only those who work get paid. now what do you do about those who can't work? they get paid for nothing? we already run disability programs. some people don't live in a wheelchair, rather their disability could be severe mental illness. those same people can't work all day without snapping. it's a grim situation. yes, the institutions are fucked up, and they require their own thread in how to better manage mental illness, trauma, neurological damage, etc. i'm not confident enough to say what should be done about that part.
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