Questions tagged [basic-income]

Use for questions relating to the public provision of an unconditional, equal, periodic payment to the general public. This is known variously as [universal] basic income (UBI), citizen's income or guaranteed income, among other terms.

Also known as unconditional basic income (UBI) and universal basic income, basic income is a proposed system of social security in which all citizens or residents of a country regularly receive an unconditional sum of money, either from a government or some other public institution, in addition to any income received from elsewhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income

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Instead of a Universal Basic Income program, why not implement a "Universal Basic Needs" program?

Universal Basic Income is the idea that everyone receives some basic income so that poverty and inequality can be prevented, especially in cases of market failures and automation. Although I like this idea, would it not be better to satisfy…
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Why should universal income be universal?

The idea behind universal income is to take care of people who can't afford the most basic of needs. That sounds great. But why then should the income be universal when the situation where somebody cannot afford basic needs is not a universal…
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Did any Basic Income Guarantee proposals/models incorporate "live where you can afford" angle?

One possible problem with Basic Income Guarantee proposals/models is that the theoretical goal of "an income you can live on" produces sharply different answers depending on "live on where" nuance of a real world. High-cost urban cities - where many…
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