A debit card issued in 2019 by a universal basic income trial program in Stockton, Calif., that provided $500 a month to some city residents. IT’S A simple, utopian idea. If we give everyone a monthly check, we can eliminate poverty and do away with the inefficiencies of our cumbersome and flawed welfare state.
Minneapolis is the latest city to give a “universal basic income” (UBI) a try. It’s offering $500 a month for 18 months to 150 of its low-income residents with no work or spending restrictions.
But others worry that it’s not so simple. A universal basic income would […]
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