- 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.
I mean, this is probably because having extra money to take care of yourself makes it easier to have the confidence to find work. But 500 a month is like giving someone a dollar in 2024 and saying “pay your rent, bills, utilities, also buy food, and gas for your car, and also pay your car insurance” and thinking you did something
Spotted the liberal. So, we need to give them MORE right? Lol…
The 10,000th study to show the same result. Probably need to do a hundred thousand more.
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.
UBI saves capitalism from itself. Do we really want to save this shit system that empowers the worst of us?
Do you honestly believe capitalists will allow a liveable UBI to remain untouched? Look at the minimum wage if you’d like to see the future of UBI. $7.25 an hour fucking shameful.
You’re right we should do nothing instead and let people continue to starve.
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?
