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Should governments provide a basic income to all citizens?

For

It ensures everyone can afford basic needs and live with dignity.

Against

It may reduce motivation to work and increase taxes.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • The idea is that everyone gets enough money to survive. Rent, heat, food, medicine and basic clothing.
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  • Nobody will starve or be forced to be homeless.
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Against

  • Giving every American $10k would cost $3.4 trillion a year, which is about half our entire budget.
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  • What would motivate me to continue working if I could live by doing nothing?
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