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 514 1012 voters.
52% Yes |
48% No |
45% Yes |
42% No |
8% Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
6% No, this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 514 1012 voters.
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Unique answers from 1012 voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8H69T854yrs4Y
Yes, but it should be introduced as a response to increased automation and with a concomitant set of programs that ensure people are not merely living vegetative lives as a result of the freedom they've been given.
@9GPSC3W1yr1Y
No but support people with disabilities and from vulnerable groups to have accesss for food and housing.
@99S92JP2yrs2Y
Yes, but only to those Who have certain illness that makes then unable to work
@96QHLHB2yrs2Y
Yes, but that it's not enough to survive on
@952CMLD2yrs2Y
No, raise welfare for the poor and raise taxes for the rich
@93S2SFG2yrs2Y
I support a negative income tax policy to help lower income families.
@8TWN5Q33yrs3Y
Yes, but delivered as universal basic services, otherwise will lead to inflation.
