Giving citizens free money has been proposed by many countries and governments. Most recently, presidential candidates in the 2016 and 2020 elections, like Andrew Yang and Bernie Sanders, have supported strengthening the social safety net with some form of cash payments to citizens. However, according to Pew Research Lab, nearly “54 percent of U.S. adults either strongly or somewhat oppose [a UBI of $1,000 to all adult citizens]” ( Majority Oppose Universal Basic Income , 2020) . During the pandemic, a time of skyrocketing unemployment, a universal basic income (UBI) may be a solution to preventing poverty in urban […]
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