Category: Basic Income

Protestors rally for a $15 minimum wage in Minneapolis on April 15, 2015, as part of a nationwide action to demand a $15 minimum wage. Two years later, Minneapolis voted to raise the minimum wage to $15, but the wage increase has been in the courts since then. (Photo by Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 2.0 )

State Court Allows Minneapolis $15 Wage to Stand

The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Minneapolis’s $15 minimum wage Wednesday, the Star Tribune reports .Minneapolis passed a $15 minimum wage in 2017 with the pay increase being phased in gradually until 2024, the […]

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This December there was an overlooked Christmas miracle: Two senators announced a bipartisan proposal that wasn’t terrible. Mitt Romney (R-UT) teamed up with Michael Bennet (D-CO) to endorse an expansion of the child tax credit. Crucially, the bill includes something essential to the economic security of families: a child allowance. If the government would give money to all parents, no matter their income, it would solve two major problems facing Democrats. First, by helping both rich and poor families, parents as well as children, it would unite groups that are often pitted against one another. Second, it could be […]

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Andrew Yang made his second stop in Muscatine Thursday evening as he spoke with a roomful of supporters at Muscatine Community College. Many supporters of presidential hopeful Andrew Yang got to see his presentation and meet him as he visited Muscatine Community College Thursday evening as part of a tour leading up to the Feb. 3 caucus. MUSCATINE — During his second visit to Muscatine Thursday evening, presidential hopeful Andrew Yang elaborated on his Basic Universal Income plan that would put an additional $1,000 in each American’s pocket.

During a stop at Muscatine Community College, in which about 60 people […]

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Data released by Emerson Polling Thursday showed a gain for entrepreneur Andrew Yang, placing him in fourth place with 8 percent nationally. This increase led to the hashtag #YangSurge becoming a number one trend on Twitter.

Yang, who was not on stage for the last Democratic debate in January, has been pursuing a grassroots campaign that has proven to be popular mostly with a younger demographic. His followers on the internet, collectively known as the #YangGang, took to Twitter Thursday to celebrate the news of Yang’s rise in the polls.

"Yang is pulling votes away from [Senator Bernie] Sanders with younger […]

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Mars colonisation, hi-tech skin computers, jetpacks – people casting their eyes to the 2020s from decades gone by had a much more glamorous idea of where technology was set to take us, or at the very least, thought we’d get there much more quickly.

Much to the dismay or those wanting to channel their inner Dr Manhattan and escape to Mars, one of the most pervasive developments of technology in recent years has been automation. From factories populated with thousands of moving arms, conveyors and tools to ‘unexpected item in the bagging area’ and Sainsbury’s incredibly unflattering self-checkout cameras, automation […]

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Andrew Yang held a rally Jan. 13 ahead of a debate in Des Moines. Andrew Yang stands out in the crowd at any presidential event. At 45 he is one of the younger individuals running for president this year. He is also one of the few minority candidates. Add in the fact that he does not have anything resembling a traditional political background and you’ve got a bit of a trifecta.

And a Yang rally is also a bit different.

“I’m a numbers guy,” he told the crowd at a recent Des Moines event. His followers call themselves “the Yang Gang” […]

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Junior Gabe Kramer wears his Andrew Yang shirt and MATH hat around campus. Cal Abbo | Collegian As a presidential candidate, Andrew Yang does it his own way. “I have done the math,” Yang said about the universal basic income, his flagship proposal, at the second Democratic debate. “It’s not left, it’s not right, it’s forward.”

Among his distinctive features, this is the most important. Yang claims to be building a coalition of progressives, former Trump voters, libertarians, and Americans across the political spectrum.

Already, several Hillsdale students support him. Juniors Gabe Kramer and Mitchell Jesse can go on for hours […]

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Hull, a city in the United Kingdom, is looking into the possibility of being the location of the first test run of the proposed replacement for the controversial Universal Credit (UC). Hull Daily Mail reported that the alternative, called Universal Basic Income (UBI), will grant £50 to £100 to citizens without any obligations.

Considered a radical substitute, UBI is expected to give free cash to every adult living in the city. This would be awarded without involving the income or background of each individual . Disability benefit receivers would also be provided with an equivalent amount under UBI. Higher sums […]

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