a universal argument made by Universal Basic Income (UBI) that the recipient uses the money for unpaid purchases, which are unconditional periodic payments to all members of society.
However, the initial data eventually came from the UBI experiment in Stockton, California-most of the 125 employees in the program used the $ 500 they received each month for purchases Food, utilities and clothes.
A new story from the Associated Press breaks down expenditures: the payee spends about 40% of his money on food, 24% of sales and commodities, and 11% of utilities. They spent the rest of their money on car maintenance, medical expenses, insurance, education, self-care, and even donations.
Zhona Everett, 48, told the Associated Press that she and her husband (a truck driver) each earn only $ 100 a day.
Before implementing the UBI program, they had been struggling to maintain a balance of payments and late bill payment-but, after they started accepting UBI, Everett set up automatic payments for the couple ’s monthly utilities Cleared some unpaid items, and even donated some money. Money to her church.
She told the Associated Press: “I think people should be open to the content of the plan, not criticize it.”
Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs hopes that the new data will help “beat” UBI skeptics and has the potential to persuade lawmakers to promote the plan nationwide.
Tabs told the Associated Press: “In this country, it is a problem to link economically struggling people and people of color to abuse such as drug abuse, alcoholism, and gambling.” “I think it is important to show that people have not The money is used for similar things. They use it for actual needs. “
deviantdelights on April 6th, 2020 at 23:39 UTC »
I've had disability from the VA for some time after war. Almost all of it has gone to food, rent, gas, and maybe a splurge item or two here and there when I needed new shoes or something. It's literally been the difference between the streets and having a roof over my head. Right now, it's the difference keeping me from freaking the fuck out over having a place to sleep or not. If I didn't have that, idk where I'd be right now since almost all of my income dried up overnight. Since I do have it, there's at least a 45 day buffer before what little I had saved up runs out and I have to choose to either pay my car payment or eat. Rent comes out first, then after that I don't have a lot to work with. It's at least something so I can ensure my dog and I have a home.
Everyone who says a UBI means you won't work or do meaningful things probably haven't ever been hungry for days/weeks on end. I pity them for that. Receiving VA payments has allowed me to become an entrepreneur, explore the artistic side of my soul, transition between jobs easier, and allowed me a much lesser-stressed life. This recent pandemic really fucked up the entrepreneur side of things though lol.
Mockpit on April 6th, 2020 at 22:47 UTC »
I mean imagine if people had basic income for necessary things and then could use money from jobs to afford luxuries. So everyone wins right? Not to mention jobs will have to treat people better because they won't die without the job.
Infernalism on April 6th, 2020 at 20:04 UTC »
Isn't that the idea? To cover the basics so that people can focus on self-improvement and establishing new small businesses without fear of going bankrupt if it doesn't work out?