A guaranteed basic income program pilot in Seattle gave 102 low-income residents $500 monthly. Employment among the participants nearly doubled.
  • A Seattle basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a month, nearly doubling employment rates.
  • Some participants reported getting new housing, while others saw their employment incomes rise.
  • Basic income pilots nationwide have seen noteworthy success, despite conservative opposition.
    • wizzwizz4
      1•7 months ago

      @OrionKidder @theotherverion Frankly, why does it matter what we call things?

      The difference between (political) left and right is about what we value over what else. If we’re getting all the things, it doesn’t matter which is “more important”!

      The idea that we have to choose between (e.g.) economy and regulation, healthcare and incentives, is just nonsense. (Nonsense often pushed by people who call themselves right wing, sure, but that doesn’t reflect on everyone who uses that label.)

          • wizzwizz4
            1•7 months ago

            @OrionKidder @theotherverion Yeah.

            The left-wingers who are so extreme that they doubt every right-wing policy that’s not been demonstrated to work, have a lot of common cause with their counterparts.

            We shouldn’t tie ourselves up in the left / right distinction. It’s useful when discussing policy, not people.

            If we want more useful categories to lump people into, I propose “reality-denying ideologues, bigots, and the selfish”, “humble, obsessive truth-seekers”, and “normal people”.