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Re:The promising results of Stockton’s basic income experiment by DougWebb on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:52AM (#23860227)
I would imagine that if a national UBI program were implemented, the amount would have to depend on the local cost of living, probably with caps. How they'd work that out, I don't know.

If that's not done, then UBI would encourage migration from higher cost-of-living areas to lower cost-of-living areas. That might not be a terrible outcome; it would probably lead to balancing the cost-of-living across regions as the populations change.

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