The American Rescue Plan is currently distributing stimulus checks of around $1,400 to most eligible Americans, and along with the two other stimulus packages that passed in 2020, the direct payments have proven very popular.
There is interest in the passage of a fourth stimulus package, although it’s unlikely to pass in the immediate future. But in the meantime, the proposal has been made to make stimulus payments permanent.
It’s an idea known as Universal Basic Income, which involves some level of direct payments by the government to citizens, on a monthly or otherwise regular basis.The idea was pushed by Democratic […]
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