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Seattle gave low-income residents $500 a month no strings attached. Employment rates nearly doubled. (finance.yahoo.com)

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A Seattle basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a month, nearly doubling employment rates. >

Some participants reported getting new housing, while others saw their employment incomes rise. >

Basic income pilots nationwide have seen noteworthy success, despite conservative opposition.

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The idea is for being alive to be contingent on doing whatever miserable low paid work is demanded.