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
    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.”