re: 800 Compton residents to get guaranteed income in two-year pilot program

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They are trying to provide data on what people use the money for as fuel against the "They are just going to use it for drugs and alcohol". But these small tests really don't provide useful data on the macro level impact of a UBI. If someone takes their extra money and blows it all at the bar every month - that is fine from the macro intent as you want people to spend the money so it circulates in the economy.


Yeah others have probably said it but it's been really obvious to me that a large part of the reason democrats have been ok with lockdowns+ government aid checks in response to covid is because they see it as a dry run for the UBI plans they hope to implement.

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I don't think so - most of the democratic politicians all balked at UBI. Only fringe democrats like Yang and Gabbard expressed strong support for it. I think the other people that said they were open to it were just trying to siphon off some support from those two in the primary.