Results are out for the guaranteed basic income pilot in Austin where 135 people got $1,000/mo for a year.
9% of people reported working less and 7% reported working more. Of those who worked less, half upskilled for better future jobs, and half chose unpaid care work.
Housing security significantly increased, as did food security. People lived in better housing and ate more balanced meals.
People also felt significantly more connected to the people and places in their neighborhoods.
@scottsantens Seems that all of these GBI experiments are proving that all that these people need is a helping hand, and they do the rest for themselves.
@Tooden @scottsantens I think it's deliberate scarcity that there isn't helping and caring hands more often, same as tactically closing community centres or libraries or running down of things to buy cheap / demolish... more desperation, fuel to play with etc...
I agree that with a bit of help all is usually better and gives people a chance but by history and their patterns and lack of reply (on everything almost) I think that is not the caring type of state we have. Actually more like abusive manipulative parents.
But I would like somehow to be more positive and believe without casting negative shadow because I think it's the same old... and trojan horse if anything given as it progresses the same old profit or power.
