• 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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    2 months ago

    Love all the “liberal” comments. It didn’t work cause of this, it didn’t work cause of that…" blah, blah…the fact is, government dependency never results in successful outcomes. Giving people money (like welfare) and telling them “good luck!” only makes them more dependent and less enthusiastic to work. There’s generations of people in California who have depended on welfare and food stamps for their entire lives…because it’s so easy to get, and if you can keep getting it, why work?