$500 a month, no strings attached, to fight poverty worked
Having a hard time finding the raw data. Anyone have a link?<p>Doing some digging, this article provides a few better data points: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ktla.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;california&#x2F;employment-rose-among-those-in-stocktons-universal-basic-income-experiment-study&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ktla.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;california&#x2F;employment-rose-among-those...</a><p>They act rosy about the experiment... but I have issues.<p>&gt;When the program started in February 2019, 28% of the people slated to get the free money had full-time jobs. One year later, 40% of those people had full-time jobs.<p>125 recipients. 12% found jobs during the program. Later it says there was a control group where only 5% found full time jobs, but I couldn&#x27;t find hard numbers. I mean, another 16 people finding fulltime work is good... but job quality? Any median household income increase sans UBI payment? And to be honest, 12% doesn&#x27;t seem <i>that</i> great.<p>&gt;People got the money once a month on a debit card, which let researchers track how most of the people spent it. Less than 1% of the money went to tobacco and alcohol.<p>Do... do I really have to point this out? Maybe because they used their regular income, untracked debit card instead. Is that really hard to believe?<p>All the quotes from participants saying how much greater their life is from both the WP article and this one... perfect score across the board, huh. I mean, everyone interviewed at a catholic church for a catholic newsletter talks about how great the priest is with children too.