Objective: In a well-organized, thesis-driven essay, you will be exploring the idea of people having a basic universal income. Which issues must be addressed before such a plan can be implemented? What should people be concerned about?

Fattima Abedalamir

Brandon White

ENGL-1302

3/10/2021

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

Universal basic income (UBI) is the concept of allocating a specified amount of money to

all adult citizens of a country from the government regularly. However, since the UBI financing

is obtained from taxation, individuals with a high income end up paying more than the amount

they get from the UBI payout. Universal basic income is characterized by; inclusivity of all adult

citizens without discrimination, fixed interval payment, the money is allocated in liquid cash,

and unconditional individual beneficiary.

Although the idea of installing a universal basic income is a great opportunity for

improving the standards of living for the lower and middle class, its implementation is

debatable since it has the potential of draining the motivation to work. If a country has a large

percentage of non-working citizens, it can easily fall into recession.

In times of crisis, most people lose jobs and end up living miserable lives despite their

motivation. In the current covid-19 pandemic, many people working in service industries such

as restaurants and air travel staff were laid off. If the government had instigated the UBI

program, it would allow such individuals to maintain a decent living and minimize stigma. A

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•1000-words minimum

•You can revise the assignment for a passing grade.

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•Make sure you address all of the edits marked in red

•Revisions are due by March 31st.

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regular remuneration can also protect the jobless from settling for exploitative positions or

resulting in crime. A research Research was conducted in the UK by in May to investigate the

relationship between health and poverty. The study ascertained that people with access to

balanced food were more resilient to diseases. In regions where UBI is implemented, quality

food and health services are available to both employed and unemployed citizens. The

expectation of receiving money also improves mental wellbeing.

Society is based on social class status, resulting in biased compensations in the work

environment. The management, which controls staff wages, often allocates the lion's share to

themselves and pays peanuts to the blue-collar individuals who do the work. A study is

currently ongoing in the community along the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya. ‘Courtesy of a US-

based charity organization, each adult in the region receives 22.5 $ monthly no strings

attached’. The study is intended to go on for twelve years to determine the viability of UBI in

poverty evacuation among the lower social class. Other countries where the study is being

conducted include Ontario, Canada, Stockholm, California, and Finland.

Job satisfaction among workers has a positive correlation to productivity. However,

most professionals end up working in a field they are not satisfied with due to job scarcity or

intense competition. UBI can allow graduates to undertake further studies in their field of

specialization to secure better job opportunities in the future. Bregman undertook a study to

determine the factors which lead students to give up studies and assume the family

breadwinner role. Although the act of children earning money to support family members

seemed to be a poverty eradication program, it was detrimental to the dropout's financial

progress in the long run. If low-income families are entitled to a universal basic income, the still

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Add steps 5-8.

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Commented [BW15]: How so? Explain your reasoning.

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studying children don't face pressure to seek jobs. The level of education and skills a person

acquires determines the type of job to work and the salary.

Corruption is a prominent vice in developing countries. It is triggered by greed and

desperation in the unemployed population. If people can secure a decent living without

employment, the unemployed don’t face a lot of pressure to secure job opportunities.

Corruption is an unhealthy practice that allows incompetent people to acquire top dollar jobs.

With unqualified people in the industries, the standard of productivity lowers, negatively

affecting a country's economy. If the job market is a level field, children from low-income

families can pursue their studies and acquire high-paying jobs. Despite the advantages that UBI

can trigger in the community, the protocol's implementation requires multiple testing in the

various communities to ascertain its viability.

There is no guarantee that beneficiaries will spend the UBI's money on productive

activities, education, health, and basic needs satisfaction. Some members of society are lazy

and lack the motivation to improve their standards of living. In a study conducted by, most drug

addicts lack the zeal of self-improvement. If such individuals get regular income by doing

nothing to contribute to society, they will most probably spend the resources to fuel their

addictions with no consideration to securing basic needs. The government should analyze the

amount of money to be offered according to the region's economic state. Despite the amount

of money offered to them, most of the addicts will still be homeless.

Offering free money to people can increase the rate of inflation of an economy. If people are

guaranteed to receive a certain amount of money regularly without any effort, workers can

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demand higher pay to maintain a higher social class above the unemployed. Worker strikes will

be more rampant wage rise requests. With increased labor costs, the country's products will be

more expensive, losing a competitive edge in the global markets. Some of the workers can even

quit their job leading to a labor shortage and diminished productivity.

Universal basic income is a great way of standardizing the standards of living in a country. In the

current covid-19 crisis, a regular interval monetary upkeep for all citizens would curb the

financial disasters inflicted on laid-off workers. The exploitation of lower rank employees

through poor payments can be kept in check by taxing the highly paid managerial staff heavily.

When graduates are not too desperate to secure a job, the UBI can fund further education to

improve their knowledge and skills for a better future job if the public is not desperate to

secure job opportunities, the incidences of corruption lower. However, implementing a

functional UBI policy requires testing and multiple experiments on small social circles to

ascertain that the program won’t lead the nation into a downward financial recession.

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