Opinion: Guaranteed income proposal from Reparations Commission has shock value, but also some real merit

Opinion: Guaranteed income proposal from Reparations Commission has shock value, but also some real merit

"Reparations: Cut The Check" mural at 508 Haywood Road in Asheville // Watchdog photo by Peter Lewis I’ll admit my immediate reaction to the Community Reparations Commission’s latest headline-grabbing recommendation — a guaranteed income pilot program for low-income residents — was along the lines of, “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Just giving money away to people? With no strings attached? That sounds crazy, right?

After all, this is America, land of the free, home of the rugged individualism ethos and a “pick yourself up by your bootstraps” spirit and all that, right? You can’t just give everybody a free […]

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