A Basic Income could save many women, children, and others from domestic violence.
To be honest, basic income will not prevent domestic violence. The causes of domestic violence are too complex for one policy to solve.
On the other hand, a basic income could enable many people to escape from domestic violence. To explain one reason people stay in abusive relationships; or homes, is poverty. How Poverty Drives Domestic Violence Many women stay with violent men because they lack the money to leave. Our sick society gives these women the horrible choice of “stay with the violent guy or sleep in […]
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