This generation could potentially end poverty “once and for all in the United States.” That’s according to Chris Hughes, author of “Fair Shot” and co-founder of Facebook.
His radical plan to get there? A guaranteed income of $500 a month for people earning less than $50,000.
Many of the jobs that have been added to the U.S. economy over the past decade are “part-time, contract, or temporary,” explained Hughes. “They’ve been fundamentally unstable. We’ve created…a winner-take-all economy.”“So in my view this isn’t about pitchforks coming for the rich…It’s about what we owe one another.”Hughes’ proposal would be funded by the people […]
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