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Originally Posted by Acajack
These are all excellent points, though I do think they probably play a fairly minor role in the issues we are discussing here. For example, not sure how it's done but homeless people don't seem to have a problem getting access to the money from their monthly welfare payments, right?
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For the ones who don't have a bank account, it's a complicated process.
Also, it's really, really, really stupid to give them the full sum on the first day of the month. I've acted as caretaker to some of them and it is a significant improvement to give them their amount spread over the month. (I did it on a weekly basis.)
I think the benefits for society (i.e. reduction in crime from people who have to somehow go through a whole month without a penny after blowing their entire check on the first) would be totally worth the slight increase in administration. The system should be updated anyways. Mailing checks makes no sense anymore.