On Saturday May 30, 2020, in large red letters in the Toronto Star’s Insight section, the question is asked: “Is the time ripe for a basic income? [1] ”
Beside the headline, some supposedly provocative figures are mashed together: “$2000 – monthly amount of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
$151.7 billion -Total emergency spending to date including $40 billion to 8 million on CERB $86 billion – Estimated annual cost of a basic income the last time it was looked at; $260 billion – Revised estimated deficit, $8 billion higher than last reported. [2] ” I think what the headline […]
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