A Universal Basic Income program is social security program where all citizens of a country receive a regular, unconditional sum of money from the government. The funding for Universal Basic Income comes from taxation and government owned entities including income from endowments, real estate and natural resources. Several countries, including Finland, India and Brazil, have experimented with a UBI system but have not implemented a permanent program. The longest running UBI system in the world is the Alaska Permanent Fund in the U.S. state of Alaska. In the Alaska Permanent Fund each indivi…
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41% No |
48% Yes |
35% No |
11% Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
7% No, this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth |
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Unique answers from Germany users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
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only for people in bottom 2 tax brackets and those who are actively trying for 6 months+ and can't get enough income
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Yes, but only if they regularly prove they are actively working to provide for themselves(but it not being enough)
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cheeseburgers should be paid to every unemployed man and also feed them orange juice and those cheeseburgers
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No, the basic necessities must be covered without the need of an income to do so. The income should be for outside of basic needs stuff.
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Poor people should receive an income to cover their basic necessities and a program should help them to find a job
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No, I don’t think it’s not good ideas. If the government create universal income programs then that will make people lazy to work and relays on basic income. However, government can provide some types of assistance or stimulus programs when there are crises such as COVID-19 pandemic.
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