12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Basic_income" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Basic_income</a><p>The concepts of social welfare really make me want to visit the Scandinavian nations to see how they get it right and how it is compatible with their their social culture.<p>As an American I really don&#x27;t see social welfare working the US without dramatic shifts in the social culture.<p>I also see taxation as a huge factor.  The US needs to eliminate income tax in favor of other tax programs.  The state of Texas has high property taxes but no state income tax and the results to the state economy are fantastic.  Wealthy people can deduct all manners of things from income taxes, but there are exceedingly few deductions from property taxes.  It naturally punishes the wealthy more, such as the goals of a graduated income tax, since it is a percentage set by the local city against the value of the property.  People who do not own property do not pay property taxes, so less wealthy people are naturally excused from such taxation.<p>Property prices in Texas are generally low compared to much of the rest of the country, which means more people are capable of owning property and thus contributing to property taxes.  For example the value of my house in Texas is the equivalent of the minimum down payment for a similarly sized house in California, which I could never afford.<p>With a universal basic income more people would be capable of owning property, thus having a higher standard of living, and also thus further contributing to property taxes.