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> by giving money to some known poor people That is just welfare, if done on a governmental level, or charity, if you do it individually. For it to be a true
by pilsetnieks 11y ago
> by giving money to some known poor people
That is just welfare, if done on a governmental level, or charity, if you do it individually.
For it to be a true experiment about UBI, you would have to find an area that's somewhat autonomous, provide everyone indiscriminately with the same amount of money that would suffice for maintaining their basic living needs and guarantee the income for at least a certain period of time. Otherwise, well, good for you for helping the needy but it doesn't have anything to do with universal basic income.
- kgwgk 11y agoThat wouldn't have much to do with universal basic income either unless the money being provided was somehow extracted from the very same group of people. Giving away someone else's money is of course more likely to "work".
- wastedhours 11y agoIt's fairly close, it's just the "local rich" for whom the UBI is an additive rather than their main income source has been abstracted for donations. Based on the assumption that there'd be a semi-stable taxation system in place when people are earning more through trade/working, it'd be a reasonable way to test, no?