A Universal Basic Income program is social security program where all citizens of a country receive a regular, unconditional sum of money from the government. The funding for Universal Basic Income comes from taxation and government owned entities including income from endowments, real estate and natural resources. Several countries, including Finland, India and Brazil, have experimented with a UBI system but have not implemented a permanent program. The longest running UBI system in the world is the Alaska Permanent Fund in the U.S. state of Alaska. In the Alaska Permanent Fund each indivi…
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Response rates from 362 Rathdown voters.
63% Yes |
37% No |
54% Yes |
24% No |
9% Yes, everyone should receive an income to cover basic necessities including food and housing |
13% No, this will encourage people not to work and harm economic growth |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 362 Rathdown voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 362 Rathdown voters.
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Unique answers from Rathdown voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9KSHMQ310mos10MO
Yes, but you have to work to receive this income that will cover basic necessities including food and housing.
@9ZRPRHR2mos2MO
Yes, only to be received as a top up only by those who earn below the basic income, sufficient to cover basics
@9ZHHRQC2mos2MO
Yes, but not for everyone. There should be a critical level of income defined, below this level, people should be entitled to basic income to prevent them from falling further behind. The point of this should be to place a limit on how poor people can become so that they don’t become homeless.
@9ZCH66R2mos2MO
Yes, but there should be restrictions on how much someone can receive and qualifications to get more, if one is a contributing member to society and works they should receive more
@9YN54WF2mos2MO
Should not be provided for no reason but in cases such as stay at home mothers or those who are unable to work etc
@9ZCTZV62mos2MO
No, only families/ individuals that are failing to meet paying for their basic necessities should be given a supplementary basic income.
@9NWX4CX7mos7MO
Yes but only for those who have paid enough tax and rates into the country. Those that don't should not avail until they've inputted enough to be contributional.
@9D4TFPR 1yr1Y
Yes, but only if it's the only thing that the state invest on.
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