[Paul46360]

"Nearly 20% was spent on housing, 12.7% on transportation, 11.5% on clothing, 6.2% on healthcare, and 13.6% on other expenses that were not classified, the study found. More importantly, the initial findings "dispels this myth that people will use money for illicit purposes," Ben Henwood, who led the study, told the Los Angeles Times.

Only about 2% of the $750 per month was spent on alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, Henwood said in an interview with the Times; the majority of that money was spent on cigarettes."

[dfwgator]

Only about 2% of the $750 per month was spent on alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs.

The rest of the money they just squandered.

[bigbob]

Dude with the baggies don’t take debit

[PIF]

Only about 2% of the $750 per month was spent on alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs

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$15 a month spent on alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs?

They must have been very selective when choosing those people.

[Notthemomma]

This “study” is of dubious use—”The participants self-reported how they spent the money.” There was no tracking of EBT type transactions. The conclusions were based on those self-reports, likely inaccurate and not easily verifiable data.

Regarding the cigarettes, most of the 2% of the $750 was spent on cigs. That’s $15. Sounds low, to me, that is, likely way under-reported, but it might be they spent their other money from other sources first and then spent the “basic income” for cigs, etc.

[piasa]

If by cigarettes they mean e cigarettes, vape pens... then it was drugs. They fill those things with drugs now. Everywhere you go it smells of skunk.