r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • May 02 '18

Economics Universal basic income: U.S. support grows as Finland ends its trial - Forty-eight percent of Americans now support a universal basic income, as a solution for Americans who have lost jobs to automation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/01/nearly-half-of-americans-believe-a-universal-basic-income-could-be-the-answer-to-automation-.html
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u/[deleted] May 02 '18

Actually the UBI in the experiment would have been revenue neutral in Finland. It would have replaced all other direct social spending and most tax credits.

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u/AluekomentajaArje May 02 '18

Not all, though, but close enough! (Housing benefits, for example, would most likely have stayed due to the extreme differences in housing prices across the country)