Hawaii just became the first US state to pass a bill supporting basic income

Hawaii just became the first US state to pass a bill supporting basic income

Flickr/Ray_LAC Innovation and forward-thinking may be Hawaii’s two biggest exports in 2017.

Earlier this month, the state earned the distinction of being the first in the U.S. to formally accept the provisions of the Paris Climate Agreement after President Donald Trump decided to withdraw the nation from it, and now, Hawaii is taking the lead in embracing yet another innovative idea: universal basic income (UBI).

On June 15, Hawaii state representative Chris Lee wrote a Reddit post about House Concurrent Resolution 89 , a bill he says he introduced in order to "start a conversation about our future." According to Lee, […]

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