• Ekybio@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Stephanie Hendon, 34, lived in a shelter while her husband was living on the street, making it difficult for them to raise their four kids. After a year of payments from the Austin Guaranteed Income Pilot, she had a three-bedroom apartment, a new car, clothes for her children, a new job, and new financial strategies for the future.

    This is what GOap fights against: The literal improvement of peoples existence.

    Never vote Republican. They hate you!

  • Wanderer@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    UBI is the perfect capitalist solution to the majority of problems. It should allow for less market distortion and could have some really interesting outcomes.

    I’m very excited to see a first world country use UBI.

    That an externalities can go a long, long way in this world.

  • cmbabul@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If they don’t want money to be a birthright they should make it so money isn’t necessary to stay alive