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  • Brewchin@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Yet another UBI experiment? Great for the participants. But we already know it works. Itโ€™s been proven before; there is no objective wiggle room.

    At this point, it seems like itโ€™s about convincing yet another group of conservatives that โ€œthe pain is pointโ€ is, indeed, universally harmful and inhumane. ๐Ÿ˜”

    • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlOP
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      14 days ago

      No, this has almost nothing to do with UBI.

      Universal Basic Income is a proposed government scheme to give all citizens equal income.

      This is direct cash transfers targeted to the poorest people in the world. Transferring cash from people who might earn over โ‚ฌ10 an hour to people who earn less than one a day. Itโ€™s an alternative to in-kind charity models (e.g. an NGO building wells or distributing vaccines or food)