On: Unconditional Cash Study: first findings available

[boplicity]

I think something like this already exists in the U.S. It's called the Earned Income Tax Credit. Low income people may get a tax credit that could result in a bigger refund. Effectively, some people are getting money they woudln't be getting without working. It makes a lot of sense, imo.

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p596

[otterley → boplicity]

The U.S. Government also pays farmers not to grow crops! See, e.g., the Conservation Reserve Program (https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-...).

[az226 → otterley]

And Electric PUCs pay crypto miners not to mine, tens of millions of dollars, more than what they earn from mining.

[otterley → az226]

Have you got a source for this?