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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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[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The idea is for being alive to be contingent on doing whatever miserable low paid work is demanded.

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