A new opinion poll by Canada’s Angus Reid Institute finds a majority of respondents in favor of guaranteed minimum income. However, a majority also believe that the policy is unaffordable and would not support an increase in taxes to fund it.
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A recent survey of economists at leading institutions purports to show that 58% oppose a universal basic income, while only 2% support it. However, the survey asked specifically about a UBI that replaces all other social insurance programs and is paid only to adults over 21. Many opposed these qualifications, not UBI itself.
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How much mainstream has basic income become? Well, quite a lot according to a new EU-wide survey.
» Read moreAccording to Basic Income Switzerland, just five weeks before Switzerland holds the world’s first vote on the introduction of an Unconditional Basic Income (UBI), support for the policy has almost doubled since the beginning of the year. This increase is the opposite of the usual trend in Switzerland where initiatives tend to decline in popularity in the weeks before a
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A Forum Research poll, released March 26th, reveals that support for a basic income has increased in the Canadian province of Ontario. According to the report, “In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1225 Ontario voters, the plurality, 4-in-10, approve of an Ontario basic income to replace social assistance and other provincial support payments
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Switzerland’s lower house of parliament rejects the citizens’ initiative for unconditional basic income, but poll shows popular support.
» Read moreA recent poll asking Alaskans how to deal with the state’s increasingly severe budget deficit found that trimming the Permanent Fund Dividend or PFD (also know as “the Alaska Dividend”) was the most popular solution. The poll also found that a second strategy for trimming the dividend was third in popularity. The Alaska dividend is the closest program to a
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72.3% of the the Catalan population would be in favor of a universal basic income of 650 euros per month, an opinion poll concluded.
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According to a recent opinion poll, 60% of people in France support the idea of a basic income in substitution to current benefits.
» Read moreKristin Eberhard describes two promising bills from the Oregon legislature which, if implemented, would simultaneously cut carbon pollution and pay a basic income to every Oregon citizen. A Trust Fund would be created to fund this basic income, as long as there exists a need to pay for pollution, which is expected to last at least until 2050. Kristin
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