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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alaska currently pays its residents $1000 to $2000 per person. They've been doing this for a while.

Some places in NoVa are looking at doing the same thing - Arlington and Alexandria.  DC also does this.  So for those who say they will move to NoVa, good luck.

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/10/26/1049266089/montgomery-county-to-weigh-sending-800-a-month-to-low-income-families-for-two-years

The folks who are going to be in the pilot will be vetted by the county. You can't sign up for it. The county will hand select the people.

While I'm not a fan of UBI, at least it's not a free for all.

Whether the money comes from special appropriation budget or federal money (as NoVa is doing), it ends up in the same pot that gets doled out however the county sees fit.

How did the Stockton experiment go?[/quote]

So, I am guessing Alaska is poverty free now right? Or do people choose not to work and make do on the handout?[/quote]
I don't know the particulars, but I do know that AK has a high % of alcoholics and drug addicts.  As a red state, they don't seem to have a problem with UBI.

IMO, the only reason they vote R is because of oil, which they heavily depend on.  And probably access to guns.  [/quote]

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