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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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[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 months ago

Bad idea. Next thing you know these guys will have enough free time to vote. And they’ll probably vote for stupid stuff like child care, education, bicycle infrastructure, and criminalizing food waste. It will basically become illegal to make a profit on basic human needs. And then what’s left for profiting?