Vouchers prevent choices. Unconditional basic income creates choices.

Soylent and Basic Income

For those who don’t know me, I have a crowdfunded basic income . This means I start every month with $1,000 as my absolute minimum for the month no matter what. I’m free to then earn any amount on top of that, but I never earn less than that. That’s a basic income. It’s an unconditional income floor.

Some confuse this idea with welfare but the two ideas are like night and day. Because welfare is removed with earned income, instead of kept in addition to earned income, there is a distinct disincentive to earn additional […]

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