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Universal basic services
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<p>Universal basic services (UBS) is an idea of a form of <a href="/facts/Social_security/awUwQxkd">social security</a> in which all citizens or residents of a community, region, or country receive unconditional access to a range of free, basic, <a href="/facts/Public_service/gnDGgRmQ">public services</a>, funded by taxpayers and provided collectively by a government or <a href="/facts/Public_institution_(United_States)/hYS9AFnc">public institution</a>. The basic services commonly include: </p> <ul><li>Education</li> <li>Health care</li> <li>Housing</li> <li>Essential food</li> <li>Water and sanitation</li> <li>Buses and trains</li> <li>Basic internet</li> <li>Legal aid and representation</li></ul> <p>Further services, where there are low or zero marginal costs for adding further users are: </p> <ul><li>Electricity and heating</li> <li>Retail banking</li> <li>Public broadcast media</li></ul>