Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing

We all start at $0 currently in this world. But if we started at the living wage, we wouldn’t have to worry about how we can eat, live, or survive. It’s like a Chuck E-Cheez, give people tokens to participate and you will see an explosion in involvement and innovation of new businesses that benefit us all rather than financial struggle.

Universal basic income is unjust, for it is helping some but placing the burdens on others, it is not fair for one to pay for another without the consent of the payer.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. A tax break for one generation guarantees a tax hike for future generations. Decrease economic output. People respond to incentives.

This will lead to people living and enjoying their life more while still encouraging people to work, as the basic universal income should strictly be used to purchase food and water, and not cover things like clothing or technologies.

"In 2019, 10.5% of American households were living below the federal poverty line – more than 34 million people including 10.4 million children. This figure includes those working while remaining in poverty. This number increased drastically with the pandemic." (Drexel University)

Drexel University. “UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME: KEY to REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY and IMPROVING HEALTH.” Center for Hunger Free Communities, 25 Feb. 2021, drexel.edu/hunger-free-center/research/briefs-and-reports/universal-basic-income/.

On Forbes, there is a statistic that the productivity change since 1948 has always been extremely higher than the hourly compensation. In 2014, the productivity has changed 238.7% while the hourly compensation has only changed 109%. If the wages were to increase, sure, there would be SOME productivity loss BUT people would still have to work more if they want to enjoy luxuries, which still supports the economy.

Having basic needs such as housing and food should not be a privilege or a thing you should need to fight for or work super hard for, basic human needs should be given for free, not given for a reward.

Countries like Kenya and Finland provide basic necessities for their citizens and have been successful. It has a lot of benefits from reducing poverty to better mental health.

While the average US citizen is born within a middle class household, some are unfortunate to have low incomes while living in the lowest neighborhoods. This should not be a deciding factor of a person’s life and should be given the same type of opportunities as the rest of society. Another factor is the increasing margin of homeless people residing within the country, and this creates more problems and even more crimes but more importantly the ethics of our country of being a free and equal country. It just overall goes against country beliefs and the constitution of “Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness”

Eliminating the need to pursue these basic principles of survival will allow people to focus on health, education and mental wellbeing which will decrease crime and improve quality of life for all citizens.

Have you ever starved? What about children who need help? Children will starve without food and I feel like food is a necessity.

With everyone having a much easier time with economic problems, more serious problems like racism, gun violence, and more would have the focus of everybody as money wouldn't be the first worry.

Cost and abuse. What mechanisms would be in place to stop recipients from spending their UBI on whatever they want- regardless of necessity?

You are not taking into account people who didn't work for or earn that money, and billions or extra dollars will be taken from the American tax payer that they rightfully earned.

Who will pay for this? Currently it seems like republicans take from middle class to give to rich and Democrats take from middle class to give to poor

No. This will lead to mass abandonment of the work force, particularly in customer service based occupations such as: retail, food service, etc.

The money would have to come from somewhere so it would cause a new tax burden and it would artificially increase the cost of goods.

Socialism has been shown to fail time and time again. It leads to economic stagnation and eventual failure. Capitalism may have its faults, but they it is better to control capitalism and keep it under check than to try and deal with the idealistic mess that is socialism. Humans are too imperfect for such a system to work.

Universal basic income is a floor to stand on. Ensures that everyone can get their basic needs met. You won’t be penalized or have your money cut off for making more money. After making over a certain amount of income, the basic income can be recouped through taxes. Like is someone makes over $200,000 annually.

There should be a limitation to ensure that people are not disincentivized to work and leech off the state.

I believe that many people in the united states take advantage of financial aid. I do believe in some instances that financial aid is useful, but since so many people take advantage of it then I believe it needs to be limited. it is not fair for people to choose not to work and live off of financial aid.

universal basic income helps everyone that needs it and does not stunt the economie as they government recives enough money in taxes to afford this. the amount of money that persons with disabilitys get is not enough to support someone and it deprives them of basic human things like love. it does not work so something like universal basic income is better for everyone involved.

Doesn't support a capitalistic economy. Less growth and prosperity, as well as a higher national debt, high interest rates, and high inflation.

That only individuals who can't support themselves due to age or a disability should receive supplemental income. All other citizens should be required to finance their own life.

Single mothers become stressed and depressed trying to provide for themselves and their children and I think that this would take a lot of stress off their shoulders.

Evidence from hundreds of studies shows that unconditional cash transfers (a form of UBI) have an empowering effect on the recipients. Not only is the money not wasted, but total expenditures on "temptation goods" (alcohol, tobacco, etc.) actually decrease. Furthermore there is no systematic evidence that a UBI discourages work. Some studies even report an increase in labor participation among recipients. And because an influx of cash encourages more total expenditure, UBI tends to have a positive effect on overall employment, even among non-recipients. The interesting exceptions…  Read more include the elderly, people caring for dependents, married women with children, and single mothers. These groups tend to work fewer hours after a cash transfer program. The reason is obvious -- the UBI allowed more time for childcare and dependent care, as well as providing the elderly a true retirement.

Universal basic income incentivizes more people to not work. It is also proven that working makes people healthier.

Personally, I do believe this would greatly improve the quality of life for many people. Yes, it is true that some people may spend it on things like drugs which are detrimental to their physical and mental health, but for most people it would keep them afloat through tough times (like sickness, injury, loss, etc). There is also the stance that it would give the government control. That is true, and a concern for me and others, so I would propose something like a yearly or three times yearly review and vote by the people of each area for how the current system is working and if they need more…  Read more money to stay afloat (this could be greed in some cases but whatever). Say if people said they needed $2,500 in one area, another needed only $2,000, another needed $3,000, and still another needed $3,250. Then the average would be around $2,750 so they could use that as a guiding figure (keep in mind higher cost of living areas). Just an idea that needs a lot of work, but it is a start!

As a free and predominantly capitalist country I believe that you should live off and bear the fruit of your own labor and so do not agree with the practice of harvesting someone’s work to give to someone else who didn’t work for it

This should not be supported. People will be lazy and will never go to work again. Instead, they will ruin the working class

That would destroy capitalism and reduce some people's will to innovate. If people have a higher risk or effort for a lower reward then why would they continue to work in such an environment.

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