A Guaranteed Basic Income

Rethinking Lifestyle

Some people think that we will always have poor people. Others believe that we can eliminate poverty with a program variously called Guaranteed Basic Income, Basic Income, Living Wage, Minimum Income Guarantee or Universal Basic Income among others. I will call it Basic Income in this article.

The idea is simple: every citizen of Canada, 18 years and older gets a basic income, regardless of employment status. This basic income is enough to pay for the necessities of life. The amount needs to be determined, but it would be designed to bring everyone up to the poverty line.That […]

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