Big-City Mayors (and Elon Musk) Are Pledging Their Support for Guaranteed Income Programs

Big-City Mayors (and Elon Musk) Are Pledging Their Support for Guaranteed Income Programs

Last year Elon Musk threw his weight behind Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and not, as Musk joked at the time about Yang’s youthful style, solely because he would be "our first goth president." The real appeal for Musk was Yang’s vocal support of Universal Basic Income.

The idea is that every month the government would hand out some amount of cash to everyone, regardless of need or employment status. Yang argued this would cushion changes brought about by technological change, free people up to be bolder and more entrepreneurial , and also just be humane. Mayors are ready to […]

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