A Universal Basic Income program is social security program where all citizens of a country receive a regular, unconditional sum of money from the government. The funding for Universal Basic Income comes from taxation and government owned entities including income from endowments, real estate and natural resources. Several countries, including Finland, India and Brazil, have experimented with a UBI system but have not implemented a permanent program. The longest running UBI system in the world is the Alaska Permanent Fund in the U.S. state of Alaska. In the Alaska Permanent Fund each indivi…
Read more54% Yes |
46% No |
45% Yes |
37% No |
9% Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
9% No, this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth |
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@8CSYN3M4yrs4Y
Yes, but only for citizens.
@9673VLG2yrs2Y
Yes, but it should be somewhat regulated to ensure no one is abusing the system.
@8J2XFSY4yrs4Y
Universal job - A universal income which is conditioned on working offered jobs. Such jobs should mostly focus on benefiting the community (e.g., public gardening/art, working with the elderly).
@9LX93FP2 days2D
Everyone should be entitled to a basic income based on their location. Govt should make up shortfall if someone cannot make the threshold
@9LX7GZW2 days2D
No, but corporations should be required to pay their employees livable wages, respective to the cost of living in the employee's area
@9LX2BF92 days2D
Yes, replace all current welfare with a universal welfare rate to simplify, and improve consistency.
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