Finland’s failed universal basic income experiment should be a lesson for U.S.

Finland's failed universal basic income experiment should be a lesson for U.S.

Pilot UBI programs are appearing, including one in Oakland and others in Finland and Canada. (June 23, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here http://bit.ly/2n6VKPR ) There was bad news for Finnish freeloaders this week. Their government will no longer pay them to do nothing.

The country’s two-year experiment with a universal basic income was scrubbed. That won’t mean much to people around here, but it is a blow to the concept of Government as Sugar Daddy.

That should mean something to people in America, where the thought of money for nothing is gaining popularity.Tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg […]

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