Universal Basic Income Is Already Happening. Where? But In Hawaii, Obviously...
First, this is not a joke. This is actually happening.
Second, this is just at lawmaker's level, it hasn't (yet) been implemented fully, but it designs the way things should work. According to an article published in World Economic Forum website, “The State of Hawaii is going to begin evaluating universal basic income.”.
Incidentally, the announcement was first made on reddit, by a state representative named Chris Lee.
The bill he proposed passed both of the States Legislatures, wait for it... unanimously!
The bill has two major provisions. First, it declares that all families in Hawaii are entitled to basic financial security. “As far as I’m told, it’s the first time any state has made such a pronouncement,” wrote Lee. The second provision establishes a number of government offices “to analyze our state’s economy and find ways to ensure all families have basic financial security, including an evaluation of different forms of a full or partial universal basic income.”
I'm not a big fan of US, to be honest, but, given this situation (and also taking into account the climate in Hawaii), suddenly moving there might not sound as a bad idea at all.
According to the same article, Hawaii may be the first state to implement this officially, but it's not the only one thinking at doing this. Similar projects are in more or less advanced stages in Finland, Germany, Canada and India.
And, obviously, there is even a private project which uses blockchain and crypto, called Grantcoin.
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Fascinating, I had no idea. So what services are they going to cut to pay for it? Or are they increasing taxes on a wealthier part of the population?
I'm off to hawaii then lol
From what I've read about it (I'm from Hawaii so this has a special place in my heart), it will be on a very limited scale to start with. I would be weary to put all my eggs in the basket of "they're implementing a UBI" since it's entirely likely that the project fails due to the implementation process. I still think it's great to see somewhere try it in the US, but I am going to reserve judgment on whether it turns out to be successful until more information and data is available.
Absolutely, keeping in view of above contents of the article, your idea of moving to US doesn't seems bad. It might be helpful for future:-)
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I think that the Finns have had an experiment going for about a year now, haven't heard the results yet. But I expect that the vodka sales volume had gone up...
If so, that would be counter to all the evidence which actually points in the other direction.
robots and automation are going to eliminate most jobs.
it's already happening.
and NO..it's not likely that a coal miner can be retrained to be a programmer or a automation technicain. Just not gonna happen.
The problem is real...perhaps universal basic income is part of the solution.
Yes, UBI should be implemented, because... simply because changes. The world is not what it used to be 20,30 or 40 years ago.
UBI might be considered' national defense'...cause broke and hungry people...well...you know what they will do..
Soylent Green is People.
They already have a solution.
Seems like the best solution, Elon Musk said it will become more and more necessary with advancement in technology.
I should move to Hawaii :O
You can live on the beach with the rest of the locals who can't afford a house or rent prices double the cost of the mainland.
Nothing against living on the beach, actually :)
that's very interesting! was kinda surprised when you said where.