So far, so good. But implementation at scale is a whole 'nother animal. At these small scales you don’t have politicians, interest groups, idiots of all stripes, weighing in.
Only path forward I’ve thought of is 1,000 such small experiments, gradually scaling up and providing overwhelming evidence that it’s a smart idea. Course then we’d have the morons and lazy moving into those areas and destroying the whole scheme.
So far, so good. But implementation at scale is a whole 'nother animal. At these small scales you don’t have politicians, interest groups, idiots of all stripes, weighing in.
Only path forward I’ve thought of is 1,000 such small experiments, gradually scaling up and providing overwhelming evidence that it’s a smart idea. Course then we’d have the morons and lazy moving into those areas and destroying the whole scheme.
There’s also a lack of other factors because the population receiving the supplemental income is small relative to the “market.”
You give a thousand people extra money, you bump up their income from subsistence to usable.
You give everyone supplemental income without price controls on goods and housing, then rent or other costs just skyrocket to eat up the extra.