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   Scott Santens (scottsantens@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 22:20:50 JST Scott Santens

   Everyone in Alaska has enjoyed a Universal Basic Income for over 40 years for just breathing in Alaska. Has it harmed them? No. Employment increased. Inflation slowed. Poverty went down. Obesity went down. Child abuse went down.

   They basically used Thomas Paine's argument.

   https://www.libertarianism.org/articles/thomas-paines-solution-poverty

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 22:20:47 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • kennethh

     @kennethh

     It changes from year to year. Its a dividend based on the success of the fund.

     Strictly speaking it isnt a UBI but in practice it is similar.

     @scottsantens

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     kennethh (kennethh@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 22:20:49 JST kennethh

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     @scottsantens How much is the income for each person?

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 22:22:17 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     @scottsantens

     Data scie tist here. None of those things have any reason to suspect they are connected to the fund. In fact studies trying to show some overall benefit have been quite weak to come up with any. IMO the harm, while hard to quantify, significantly outweighs the good, that thats another matter.