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Re:Belgian think tank study: universal basic income is a dan... by blacksqr on Saturday June 17, 2017 @01:51PM (#14576880)
Universal basic income != enough money not to work.

The report itself says that Alaska has had a UBI for 40 years with none of the predicted dire consequences.

You do need a think tank if your objective is to launder unfounded prejudices and discredited lies into something that sounds serious and academic.

Re:Belgian think tank study: universal basic income is a dan... by exclusiv on Saturday June 17, 2017 @03:07PM (#14577248)
"Alaska among top states in illicit drug use" [1]

"A new report from the state health department shows a dramatic rise in heroin use in Alaska. The number of hospitalizations for heroin related causes nearly doubled in the state from 2008 to 2012" [2]

"Alaska had one of the lowest four-year graduation rates in the United States in the 2013-14 school year...That year, 71.1 percent of Alaska's high school seniors graduated in four years -- the rest dropped out or needed more time to get their diplomas." It was 68% in 2011. [3]

[1] http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/alaska-among-top-st...

[2] http://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/07/14/report-heroin-use-is-...

[3] https://www.adn.com/education/article/despite-steady-gains-g...

Re:Belgian think tank study: universal basic income is a dan... by Daishiman on Saturday June 17, 2017 @03:37PM (#14577378)
As far as I know all those things are happening all over the American Midwest. You're trying to create a correlation where there is none.
Re:Belgian think tank study: universal basic income is a dan... by exclusiv on Sunday June 18, 2017 @01:24AM (#14579103)
I'm suggesting it as a possibility yes. Parent tried to suggest it as all rosy up in Alaska and suggest there's no negative correlation for UBI up there. And Alaska is toward the top on two major issues so it's worth noting.

If you don't have to work maybe drugs become more likely and graduating becomes less important?