Seattle gave low-income residents $500 a month no strings attached. Employment rates nearly doubled. - eviltoast
A guaranteed basic income program pilot in Seattle gave 102 low-income residents $500 monthly. Employment among the participants nearly doubled.
  • 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.
  • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
    112·
    7 months ago

    This program isn’t UBI, and should not be compared to it, or used to argue for/against UBI. Universal Basic Income goes to everyone, not just certain people. That’s what makes it UBI, and not a welfare program, which is what this is.

    • jj4211@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 months ago

      To reinforce your point:

      A Seattle-area guaranteed basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a month

      102 participants

      Employment in the group nearly doubled

      Note that per a quick search Seattle has about 750k people, 102 specifically low income persons given money for some finite trial period is very very far from a test of universal basic income.

      • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
        91·
        7 months ago

        This is like saying “a triangle will never have 3 sides”.

        UBI, UNIVERSAL Basic Income, goes to everyone by definition. If it doesn’t go to everyone, it’s not UBI, and shouldn’t be called such.

        • masquenox@lemmy.world
          17·
          7 months ago

          Then we’ll never be given UBI. You know… in the same way that we will never be given democracy despite everybody calling it “democracy.”