• A Seattle basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a month, nearly doubling employment rates.
  • Some participants reported getting new housing, while others saw their employment incomes rise.
  • Basic income pilots nationwide have seen noteworthy success, despite conservative opposition.
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181 points

The 10,000th study to show the same result. Probably need to do a hundred thousand more.

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51 points

bUt jUsT giViNg pEopLe mOnEy WiLL mAkE ThEm LazY!!!

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It would be good to know how this works on a larger scale. Like, everyone in a city or county having UBI and watching to see what society and the local economy as a whole does in response.

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70 points

It would be wise to test it everywhere. Just on a trial basis…Indefinitely.

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8 points

Sure. Until landlords realize they can raise their rent without losing tenants. Or insurance companies. Or grocery distributors. I doubt this works without other laws and policies needing to go into effect beforehand.

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14 points

Look at the stimulus checks and how they measurable gains up and down the economy and living conditions.

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And measure that was temporary from the very beginning, yet still resulted in contributing to increases in the cost of living everywhere.

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6 points

Check out Kenya, they have the largest and longest running experiment.

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