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Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by the-dude on Monday December 11, 2017 @10:32AM (#15897603)
Bijstand in The Netherlands :

- 467k on a ~ 17M population

- € 1000 - € 1200 a month

- all adults with no income and too little assets can apply

- you will be forced to find work or income, but this is trivial to sabotage

When you are in the 'bijstand' income-bracket you are also eligble for rent assist and health insurance assist, netting another couple of hundreds.

edit: introduced in 1965.

edit2: population 20-65 yrs is actually ~10M, so 1 in 20.

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Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by madeofpalk on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:26AM (#15898038)
Wait, this is what we're calling 'UBI' now? Many countries have had this for ages. Australia calls it colloquially "The Dole" and its nothing like UBI.

It's like saying a disability pension is 'limited UBI'.

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Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by imtringued on Monday December 11, 2017 @02:08PM (#15899412)
Do you lose it if you earn more than a certain amount? If yes then it is not universal.
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