Below you will find example sentences with "basic income". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Basic Income in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: basic
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "basic income" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a basic income program typically, a universal basic income a state, universal, costs and guaranteed stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with income tax, net income, fixed income, basic education, visual basic and universal basic, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with basic income
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Basic income, would it help? (5 words)
A universal basic income is one. (6 words)
Figures up to 8 March showed there were 294 recipients of the basic income pilot. (15 words)
The sum will go to the group Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), a coalition of leaders from 16 cities who are in favour of universal basic income — regular payments to residents generally meant to fight poverty and meet citizens' basic needs. (42 words)
Stockton and Alaska are just two of several examples where basic income has had proven success, and the idea of a universal basic income is so promising that it’s presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s signature proposal. (37 words)
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced during his state of the nation address on Thursday that work is under way to develop a mechanism for targeted basic income support for the most vulnerable, within the country’s fiscal constraints. (37 words)
Basic income, would it help? (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
Basic income main A basic income (or negative income tax ) is a system of social security that periodically provides each citizen with a sum of money that is sufficient to live on frugally.
A basic income program typically seeks to meet the basic costs of living whereas a guaranteed income program may provide less.
John Harris rightly points out that the need for a universal basic income is increasingly compelling (Why universal basic income could help us fight the next wave of economic shocks, 3 May).
Stockton and Alaska are just two of several examples where basic income has had proven success, and the idea of a universal basic income is so promising that it’s presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s signature proposal.
The sum will go to the group Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), a coalition of leaders from 16 cities who are in favour of universal basic income — regular payments to residents generally meant to fight poverty and meet citizens' basic needs.
But I don’t have a lot of faith that countries like the U.S., which can’t even manage basic federal-level AI legislation, will adopt universal basic income schemes anytime soon.
But some evidence suggests universal basic income and guaranteed income programs can provide little benefit despite the enormous costs.
Already the basic income exemption limit benefit is not available to a non-resident on any long-term capital gains computation, especially if that happened to be the only income.
Despite adopting its Citizenship Income scheme (a form of universal basic income) and an anti-corruption bill to prevent offences against the public administration, the electorate has been disappointed with the M5S’s agenda.
A four-year experiment in Canada in the 1970s found that giving people a basic income made everyone nearly 10% less likely to end up in hospital.
A second potential impact of a basic income guarantee could be supporting new entrants in agriculture and fisheries.
A universal basic income is one.
Basic income, would it help?
But evidence from other basic income schemes is building, including from the world's first scheme of its kind focused on care leavers in the United States.
Despite the prospect of job losses as a result of humans being replaced by AI, Sir Keir rejected the idea of a universal basic income – a state handout for all to cover living costs.
Figures up to 8 March showed there were 294 recipients of the basic income pilot.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced during his state of the nation address on Thursday that work is under way to develop a mechanism for targeted basic income support for the most vulnerable, within the country’s fiscal constraints.
The interesting part is where that money ended up: financing Universal Basic Income pilots aiming to fix the very problems OpenAI’s technologies seem to be creating.
Yang “had some ideas about universal basic income that (he said) everybody needed, in part because AI was going to take the people’s jobs,” Goldman said.
Afterwards, it was harder for governments to argue that a basic income was impossible to administer.