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If you mean the Alaska Permanent Fund, according to wikipedia:

> The amount of each payment is based upon a five-year average of the Permanent Fund's performance and varies widely depending on the stock market and many other factors.

> The lowest individual dividend payout was $331.29 in 1984 and the highest was $3,284 in 2022.

That's not what people are generally talking about with "basic income" - it's not anywhere near enough to meet basic needs, and it's not reliable due to the fluctuations.



I agree with you on this, and I think the best reference point on the question of greedflation specifically would be that pensions exist and yet pensioners often get discounts.

It still isn't universal, merely suggestive.


But... It looks like it's safe, right? Nothing imploded in Alaska because of it?

So how far can we push it before something implodes?




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