A Tlingit mom holds her son on Kupreanof Island, Alaska. America has one of the few places on Earth where a universal basic income has actually been implemented: Alaska .
Since 1982, the Alaska Permanent Fund , a state-owned investment fund established using oil revenues, has paid out an annual dividend to every man, woman, and child living in Alaska, no strings attached. The value of the dividend fluctuates based on the price of oil and other budgetary considerations. In 2019, the dividend was $1,606 per person , or $6,424 for a family of four.
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