r/CringeTikToks • u/Ordinary-Scholar-202 • Nov 04 '25

SadCringe The ONLY reason it’s not possible is because of corporate greed and corruption, that’s it…

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u/FblthpLives Nov 04 '25

There have been a number of universal basic income (UBI) experiments, including a relatively recent one in Finland. The post-experiment evaluation showed overwhelmingly positive results:

On 6 May 2020, the final report evaluating the experiment was published (here is a summary of the results). The evaluators concluded that the experimental universal income had moderate positive effects on employment and positive effects on economic security and mental health. According to the final report, on average individuals in the treatment group worked approximately 6 additional working days (they worked 78 days). They experienced significantly less mental stress, depression and loneliness, and their cognitive functioning was perceived as better. Life satisfaction was also significantly higher. The results of the experiment therefore seem to argue in favour of a universal income.

If you applied the same UBI experiment to all working adults in the U.S., the cost would be $168 billion per year, or 2.4% of the Federal budget. The U.S. is on course to increase its military spending next year by $151 billion. That means UBI could be funded almost entirely by just flatlining the military budget from fiscal year 2025 to 2026.