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…
Read more58% Yes |
42% No |
47% Yes |
33% No |
11% Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
9% No, this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth |
See how support for each position on “Universal Basic Income” has changed over time for 53.2k UK voters.
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See how importance of “Universal Basic Income” has changed over time for 53.2k UK voters.
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Unique answers from UK users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
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The government should do all it can to encourage people into work, and ensure that all jobs pay enough to cover basic necessities including food and housing.
@9LXDSNG8hrs8H
This sounds like a sensible idea to reduce poverty but I would want to understand how it supports people in poverty to seek employment
@9LX52BD17hrs17H
UBI is a concept developed by tech companies to assuage the problems that will be created by AGI. The best solution will be for corporates to purchase AI license from citizens through a marketplace. This way the economic benefit of AI resides with the people.
@9LVFKKQ3 days3D
This should be based on individual circumstances and only for UK born or residents of more than 5 years with clean records.
@9LVFJH4 3 days3D
People who are using this service who are not able to work due to illness depend on it People who do not work and choose to he on a benefit system and don't want a job should he given the option to join the military or they will loose benefits this helps people get necessary skills and development for later life etc paying tax and owning a home
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In principal I agree but I feel like this money would be abused. Instead provide this service in the form of food/bill vouchers .
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