What Happened, Is it Feasible, and What Can We Do Now?
During the 2020 presidential election, millions of Americans heard about universal basic income for the first time, but the debate for UBI in the United States has persisted for fifty years now. As a continuation of Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, which aimed to eradicate poverty for good, Nixon introduced the Family Assistance Plan in 1969. The program would provide $500 to every adult and $300 to each child, meaning a family of four would receive $1600 a year, which is nearly $12,000 a year in 2021.
Surprisingly, it […]
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