Results: Do you think that a Guaranteed Annual Income (with a base just at or slightly above The Poverty Line) is now appropriate in Canada and The United States?
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Do you think that a Guaranteed Annual Income (with a base just at or slightly above The Poverty Line) is now appropriate in Canada and The United States? Definitely - it would ease the anxiety of the poor!
28%
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468 votes
No, it might discourage people from working.
28%
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465 votes
Undecided - not informed enough.
44%
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736 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
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20 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.41% | 7 | |
| i think it is needed,but has to be above the poverty line | 0.06% | 1 |
| should be way higher especially for seniors | 0.06% | 1 |
| too low for seniors | 0.06% | 1 |
| cant live on it | 0.06% | 1 |
| appropriate? question doesn't make sense | 0.06% | 1 |
| where is this? | 0.06% | 1 |
| most minamum wage jobs are already there and the government discourages that when one asks for a little help. the government would rather you do nothing when they help you than help you when you are trying to help yourself and family. | 0.06% | 1 |
| poverty? that's still unacceptable | 0.06% | 1 |
| the guaranteed annual income should include incentives that would inspire the recipient to want to try for the incentives. there is only one way to break the cycle of poverty and that is to show the poor how to earn incentives. | 0.06% | 1 |
| bad, bad idea; no room left for incentive to do a good job or be rewarded for hard work | 0.06% | 1 |
| yes, if people are willing to work or are unable to work. we are willing to work, but nobody is willing to hire us and so we are poor. possibly downsize and split current gv't salaries in order to create more gv't jobs with the same cost as before. | 0.06% | 1 |
| any job beats welfare | 0.06% | 1 |
| huh???? | 0.06% | 1 |
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