Timeline for Instead of a Universal Basic Income program, why not implement a "Universal Basic Needs" program?
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| Mar 14, 2019 at 23:32 | comment | added | Tom | Sozialhilfe had an element of necessities, but the bulk was monetary as well. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 18:15 | comment | added | jamesqf | It's still the government deciding what those minimum necessities. A radio, for instance: I've gotten along just fine for the last couple of decades without one. (Since the local NPR station switched away from mainly classical music.) | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 17:38 | comment | added | o.m. | @nwellnhof, I thought the question was mainly about the difference between specific needs vs. lump sums, and Sozialhilfe had much of the former in the rules. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 10:58 | comment | added | nwellnhof | But Sozialhilfe also included monetary payment and it wasn't universal because it could be suspended when refusing job placements just like ALG II. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 6:02 | history | answered | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |