Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed citizens a basic monthly income

Re:Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed citizens... by jasonmclaren on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @12:29AM (#13306958)

The HN headline ("Free money for all") is a bit misleading. The article states that the basic income will only be given to 2000 randomly selected unemployed people.

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Re:Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed citizens... by cperciva on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @12:34AM (#13306977)

2000 randomly selected unemployed people

That's how they're selecting the participants for the trial; but continuing to be unemployed is not a requirement for receiving the $587. (Indeed, this is the whole point: They want to see if the existing system of unemployment benefits is creating a disincentive to finding work.)

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Re:Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed citizens... by dang on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:13AM (#13307345)

Yes. We changed it to a shortened version of the article title. Submitters: the HN guidelines ask you to use the original article title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.

(Submitted title was 'Free money for all: Finland launches basic income experiment with Jan. 1 cheques').

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Re:Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed citizens... by grzm on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:16AM (#13307122)

Source title: "Finland launches basic income experiment with Jan. 1 cheques for those in pilot project"

Suggested title: "Finland launches basic income experiment with 2000-person pilot project"

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Re:Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed citizens... by ge96 on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:07AM (#13307088)

Definitely not click bait

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