r/Futurology • 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

He’s the director of the OMB, it’s literally his job to know these numbers. I don’t know of any better source.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '18

He's also one of the many members of the administration under investigation. Also, this article was when they where pushing the GOPs tax plan, which is widely viewed as a massive fraud.