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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Response rates from 574 Köln voters.
62% Yes |
38% No |
52% Yes |
30% No |
10% Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
8% No, this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 574 Köln voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 574 Köln voters.
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Unique answers from Köln voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9SPDMC73mos3MO
A universal basic income is too inflationary and too general. Rather, a universal job guarantee is far better to provide everyone with a living wage.
@9NVRQCK6mos6MO
Yes, but the universal basic income should go toward those that work, or can not work due to medical issues or other issues that disqualifies a person from being able work. Those that voluntary do not work, but can work, should not be allowed to collect a basic income.
@9L85XG28mos8MO
only for people in bottom 2 tax brackets and those who are actively trying for 6 months+ and can't get enough income
@9KBTZSB9mos9MO
Yes, but only if they regularly prove they are actively working to provide for themselves(but it not being enough)
@9JQ2KY410mos10MO
cheeseburgers should be paid to every unemployed man and also feed them orange juice and those cheeseburgers
@9JB8X9Q10mos10MO
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.
@9GFM2CN1yr1Y
Poor people should receive an income to cover their basic necessities and a program should help them to find a job
@9GCHGH51yr1Y
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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