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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No, but corporations should be required to pay their employees livable wages, respective to the cost of living in the employee's area
I think yes, everyone should get help with housing and food but still encourage work by maybe watching how much they come into work, and if they don't they will not get any more help with housing or food. So it would be either work and get some help with the things or if you don't work you won't get help at all.
I think that UBI should be imputed for households who earn under a certain amount per year as well as those on the street.
@95DH7PG3yrs3Y
@93FG53G3yrs3Y
In the middle. Undecided on this.
Yes, but only when there is a global pandemic where lockdowns are necessary to flatten the curve, which results to people losing their income because of Job losses. But the government also has the responsibility of incentivizing people on going back to work once the lockdowns are lifted. We should also Mandate Covid-19 Vaccines so we don't have to enforce another lockdowns.
No, I believe that a direct cash hand out is very exploitable, and would not directly solve the poverty issue. However, I believe the government should supply a basic standard of living for those who want it but I think it should be provided through housing, food stamps, free education etc
@adaw09244yrs4Y
The government should not provide money to everyone. Just those who are stuggling alot. They should provide them with housing and then basic necessities. This way they will have enough to live and will have the things needed to have a better life.
Difficult to say sole yes or no.
It's debatable. I see the potential in it, but I can't see it being a viable program for a government to make considering that social security already costs a lot to maintain. So no, I'm not particularily in favour of it.
@8V9G5ML4yrs4Y
Providing they have proven they have tried to find work and have been unable, then yes, the basic necessities including food and housing should be covered. Or if they have found work but the wages are too low to cover these necessities, then subsidise.
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