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> The core question of basic income is: if people work, do they lose it entirely?

No. That is the point: it is for everyone.

In the Netherlands, a few cities intend to start experimenting with a variant: only jobless people get a basic income, but they will keep it when they find work.

> The next concern of bringing into reality: extremely common for people whom aren't good with money [...]

On this, data is available. Giving money directly to poor people turns out, on average, to be the best way to help them. Most of them will spend the money wisely, the ones who fail at it are pretty few.




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