After breaking ties with the monarchy, a Barbadian official proposes plans for universal basic income.
Just two weeks after breaking its ties with the British monarchy, a Barbados official hinted at plans for a universal basic income.
Avinash Persaud, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister of Barbados on Investment and Financial Services, said in a Facebook post last week that the universal basic income (UBI) could be in the form of a “citizen’s dividend.”Barbados’ ‘first foray’ into a UBI program, he said, was the country’s already existing reverse tax credit.The reverse tax credit tops up a person’s annual salary with a […]
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