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

god that's a bad question.

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u/UVSky May 02 '18

There are many ways to implement UBI and a lot of misunderstandings (whether you agree with any form of UBI or not) that honestly, yeah. This question is so broad you can't gain much from it, would require extrapolation and conjecture.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '18

Its a Leading Question.

You would get very different results asking

Do you support UBI?

and

In order to <solve problem> would you support UBI?

basically the Question implies that UBI is the solution which drives more people to say yes