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 53k 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.
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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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Yes, but offer significant incentives to work ,for those able bodied, and provide opportunities and education programmes to the unemployed.
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Only implement if AI takes over a lot of jobs. If it is introduced, tax it on a curve so that the richest receive essentially nothing from it while the poorest receive more.
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People should demonstrate a level of contribution to community to be eligible for any Universal Income. This could include charity work and or community work of X hours a week to be eligible.
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This would need to be tied to rent control, otherwise it’s just a subsidy to landlords. Better to just have proper rent control etc and actually manage the cost of living.
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