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…
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Yes, but only in retribution of a work performed, like a minimum salary
@9KXSGMB2mos2MO
Yes, but only for those unemployed for almost 2 months and government should help individuals to find job.
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Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, in the form of a Negative Income Tax to cover basic necessities including food and housing
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, but in the form of an opt-in, generous "Negative Income Tax"
@DengekiMatsuko2yrs2Y
Yes, but for those who are out of work and are actively looking for a job
@94267X22yrs2Y
I support paying women to stay at home and have a lot of kids
@9425J2G2yrs2Y
With an income cutoff - Stop making the rich richer and the poor stuck.
@93ZQDBJ2yrs2Y
UBI should be offered to people in poverty to increase the middle class and given as a temporary option to those who cannot support themselves.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, but only for those who work and have kids.
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@93VGL9L2yrs2Y
Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing, but only on a temporary/test basis. This way the government can get a baseline sense of the funding required to reduce food/housing disparity and can gauge the success of the program prior to deciding whether or not to implement long term.
@57QKT6T2yrs2Y
Yes, we are rapidly coming to a point in time where automation will make it difficult for everyone to find a job, especially those with disabilities or other factors preventing them from "moving up" in the world; all citizens should have their basic needs met with the option of working to gain more money for extras.
@92JXK3J2yrs2Y
No. I support a National Dividend and Social Credit program as proposed by economist CH Douglas. I think it could solve the problems of UBI but also provide some of the positives of the UBI.
Deleted2yrs2Y
No, universal basic income would cause inflation and no net change in people's quality of life.
Deleted2yrs2Y
No, rich do not need welfare.
@EthanHars2yrs2Y
Yes, this should repeal and replace all existing welfare programs
@93CS3TH2yrs2Y
We should wait to consider a program like this until more data is avaliable.
@93BDMP62yrs2Y
Yes, if all other forms of welfare are eliminated and there are no income phase-outs
Deleted2yrs2Y
No, it is too much expensive.
@Panagioti9992yrs2Y
No, expand other social welfare programs like Medicare/Medicaid, food stamps, and housing assistance instead. UBI is a back door to austerity.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, for those who work.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Only for those who work
@934R57G2yrs2Y
Yes, as the automation takes over jobs, the humans will need to live.
@9324D722yrs2Y
No, the government should provide housing, food, and amenities to those who need it instead of letting profit-driven corporations control the flow of necessities.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, and index it on productivity.
@92NYS4X2yrs2Y
yes, but it should be slowly phased out and replaced with better social safety nets
@8532KYJ2yrs2Y
Yes, but it should not be universal, it should only go to the impoverished, the working poor, and lower middle class families
@92JXK3J2yrs2Y
No. I support a National Dividend and Social Credit program.
@92GWJXX2yrs2Y
Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing but they should also work.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes for lower income brackets; but the wealthy should not qualify for this program, this would be a waste of resources.
Deleted2yrs2Y
No, unless it is exclusively for families and/or owners of government bonds.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing but they should still work.
@929M4SL2yrs2Y
Yes, but we should abolish all other welfare programs.
@92769392yrs2Y
Yes, but make it a requirement to be employed in order to apply, then subtract their U.B.I. from their normal paycheck.
@923Z93G2yrs2Y
Yes, but only provide enough to cover the minimum necessities
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, but only in the form of a social dividend
@ThomasJ4762yrs2Y
Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing but only if they work.
Deleted2yrs2Y
Yes, but in the form of a social dividend
@JaredForALGov2yrs2Y
Yes, and we need to account for basic human necessities (food, water, & housing) and prevent this type of income from disenfranchising the disabled citizens of our country.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
No, this would create the need for drastic restructuring of funding for existing social programs, and such a plan would be too difficult to administer as the cost-of-living varies greatly in different regions of the country. Expand existing social programs instead by raising their income cap so more people can qualify for their benefits
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