Recipients of Germany's basic income support scheme are obliged to actively contribute to ending their welfare …

Basic income benefits cover recipients' actual heating expenses as long as they are not unusually high. In contrast …, their electricity expenses are only covered via a lump sum at the standard rate. Thus, basic income recipients have weaker …) data, it can be seen that basic income households have higher electricity bills despite this incentive: On average, they …

. Universal basic services provided on a collective basis have substantially smaller ecological footprints than providing for the … same needs on an individual basis. Public services can also provide good-quality and meaningful jobs. Universal basic …