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 71.3k UK voters.
59% Yes |
41% No |
48% Yes |
32% 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 |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 71.3k UK voters.
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Unique answers from UK voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9M6KQGX7mos7MO
No, but people should be guaranteed adequate housing and food, free of charge, the same way they're guaranteed healthcare and education.
@9HRPL6312mos12MO
Yes, but this will need to be refined to make sure that the system is not being abused. Hard working people in full time employment should not struggle for necessities while those who do not want to work are being financially supported.
@98JYJRL2yrs2Y
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.
@9ZT3ZTW3wks3W
Eventually as more automation comes in, in order to give people the ability to retrain towards a different career.
@9XPB848 1mo1MO
No, a universal basic income (everyone receives benefits) will detract from the welfare state (those who really need benefits receive them).
@9W3BFXB2mos2MO
Yes, but only if you show clear evidence of wanting to work. I don't want the minority of people who just sit on their arses to get it, or those who just waste our taxes paying for their medical bills as a result of smoking which they continue to do even while understanding the consequences to their health.
@9VM4JQ32mos2MO
I think everyone should be entitled to this but the length of time allowed for this to continue should be reviewed
@9QKVPZJ5mos5MO
I believe heavily on universal basic income as it ties with my beliefs with Ai taking on standard tasks in the day to day jobs task. I feel like you should be able to build investment portfolio automatically from hedge funds and crypto from government back companies that follow government regulations. There needs to a system or framework where people can opt in or out of investing a portion of the universal basic income. If jobs are unavailable in future there needs to be some sort of system in place we’re people are not left behind cause of a flawed system.
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