Re:The promising results of Stockton’s basic income experiment
by heavyset_go on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:17AM
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Proposed UBI amounts would barely even cover health insurance premiums and deductibles on the individual market for a single person, let alone a family.
If UBI were to replace social services like general assistance, housing assistance, SNAP, WIC, CHIP, Medicaid etc, it would cause many people to choose eating over healthcare, or paying rent over seeing a doctor and eating.
In my opinion, general UBI needs to be issued alongside programs that target specific issues that are endemic to our current economic order. That includes programs that fight hunger, and the lack of access to affordable housing, healthcare and education.
If UBI were to replace social services like general assistance, housing assistance, SNAP, WIC, CHIP, Medicaid etc, it would cause many people to choose eating over healthcare, or paying rent over seeing a doctor and eating.
In my opinion, general UBI needs to be issued alongside programs that target specific issues that are endemic to our current economic order. That includes programs that fight hunger, and the lack of access to affordable housing, healthcare and education.