The article says the money comes from charitable donations. Taxes would have to generate money if UBI ever is more than an experiment.
It is a patch job. Extra money offsets costs the homeless, (I am going to put the term 'unhoused' up my ass sideways.) can't afford because of the ever growing economic divide.
QuoteOver the past 50 years, the highest-earning 20% of U.S. households have steadily brought in a larger share of the country's total income. In 2018, households in the top fifth of earners (with incomes of $130,001 or more that year) brought in 52% of all U.S. income, more than the lower four-fifths combined, according to Census Bureau data.
In 1968, by comparison, the top-earning 20% of households brought in 43% of the nation's income, while those in the lower four income quintiles accounted for 56%.
Taxes are essential, but the Republican party has cut taxes so only the military and police float in a sea of cash. There is nothing left for anything good.
QuoteOverall, 61% of Americans say there is too much economic inequality in the country today, but views differ by political party and household income level. Among Republicans and those who lean toward the GOP, 41% say there is too much inequality in the U.S., compared with 78% of Democrats and Democratic leaners, a Pew Research Center survey conducted in September 2019 found.
From which we can conclude American Republicans are bigger A-holes than Democrats are. But they may in fact only be more honest.
The top 20% has to stop buying apartment buildings and charging $2000 a month rent. But Dems will fight rent controls as hard as Republicans. Those in the top 20% think it is their god given right to charge as much rent as they want. They earned that money the bank paid interest on and it is a free country so they can do what they want. Some such bull they will say.
Both American Political parties and the American lumpenproletariat worship the elite.
