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Re:Young adults in L.A. to get $1k a month under new guarant... by woodruffw on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:38PM (#33186910)
UBI (in its contemporary form) is most famous for being a product of neoliberal economic and political theory, not socialist economics. The only state in the US that has anything resembling UBI is Alaska[1], and you'd be hard-pressed to characterize them as "socialist."

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund

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