Interesting stats, and I understand the comparison, but universal basic income is an entirely different animal in that it is designed for an economy in which the availability of jobs and going wages are not sufficient to maintain a minimally accepted standard of living for the general population. The situation in the rural US is not representative of the broader population of those areas or the entire US.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits average about .25% – one quarter of one percent – of the annual GDP of the United States. They have never gone above .33%. SSI benefits average […]
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