Hillary Clinton Considered “Universal Basic Income” During 2016 Presidential Campaign

Hillary Clinton Considered

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nearly included a policy in her presidential campaign that would have given ordinary citizens regular checks just for being alive.
In her new book "What Happened," and in a recent subsequent interview with Vox Editor-in-Chief Ezra Klein, Clinton explains how she seriously considered including a version of universal basic income — a radical solution to poverty, currently being tested in cities and countries around the world — as one of her platforms in the 2016 US presidential election. Clinton shared, "The Alaska for America idea was really intriguing to me because, in effect, […]

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