@hecate Keep in mind that all those concerns you raise apply to the current welfare system.
RE: Hi Steemit! Scott Santens here. If you've ever googled "basic income", you may have read something I've written.
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Hi Steemit! Scott Santens here. If you've ever googled "basic income", you may have read something I've written.
Well, not entirely.
For example to UK NHS provides free healthcare to anyone who needs it in the UK. In theory, you need to be registered and entitled, in practice no one is turned away.
In Egypt, basic foodstuffs like rice, tea, flour etc are subsidised by the government and you can buy them very, very cheaply, just by turning up and showing an ID card which is rarely checked.
In both those cases although citizenship might be a presumed requirement for assistance, mere presence and need is in practice sufficient.
Thw whole concept of citizenship is becoming obsolete in the modern age of migration and globalisation. Any UBI would have to be implimented globally for it to have any meaning.
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