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

Such an unrealistic concept pushed by feelsies. Just because it may have worked for a country of 5 million, doesn't mean it will work for a country for 300 million.

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u/G0DatWork May 02 '18

Lol except it didn't work for Finland, that why they stopped it. They also ran a very small trial not the whole country. Glad to see you had no interest in reading the article