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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

it’s not really meant to be lived off of.

By definition it is, barely. That's why it's called "basic." A subsidy too small to cover even minimal living expenses would just be "UI."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually didn't know that. I keep hearing about ubi experiments of like $400/mo, which is too little to survive on in the US no matter what you do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, people love misusing the term for "experiments" that are neither "universal" nor "basic." The best part is when some galaxy-brain comes up with "hey, let's have UBI but how 'bout we means-test it?" and then I just want to respond with a Syndrome meme.