Everyone in Alaska has enjoyed a Universal Basic Income for over 40 years for just breathing in Alaska. Has it harmed them? No. Employment increased. Inflation slowed. Poverty went down. Obesity went down. Child abuse went down.
They basically used Thomas Paine's argument.
https://www.libertarianism.org/articles/thomas-paines-solution-poverty
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