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IELTS Essay: The governments should give each citizen a basic income so that they have eno...

Prompt

The governments should give each citizen a basic income so that they have enough money to live on, even if they are unemployed. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#universal_basic_income#social_safety_net#unemployment#welfare_policy#poverty_alleviation

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 presents pros and cons separately; Band 9 integrates pilot data, discusses funding realism, and weighs psychological and behavioral evidence on work motivation.

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Key concepts in this essay

poverty_reduction
work_incentives
fiscal_sustainability
labor_market_participation
inflation_effects

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Dismissing UBI without discussing poverty and desperation; or promoting it without addressing inflation/work-incentive concerns
Ignoring cost and funding mechanisms
Overlooking pilot studies and evidence

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