There’s another way to show the love. A consensus is emerging around an idea Americans used to scorn: That government cash payments are a good way to help struggling citizens and give the economy a boost.
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief law is on its way to giving 159 million households $1,400 or more apiece, no strings attached. Some localities are experimenting with universal basic income plans, and politicians are finding them popular enough to advocate their expansion.
But there’s a smarter way to hand out government money, one that could target pressing social problems like inequality of wealth […]
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