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There aren’t many details on this yet, beyond the fact it’s a €25 million trial. In Ireland, Covid has played a big part in this. Worldwide it seems to have got many of us used to temporary Basic Income measures. I wonder will it speed up the acceptance of Basic Income in response to automation in the future.Please reply to OP’s comment here: r/Futurology /comments/q7cyp7/ireland_will_trial_a_basic_income_scheme_for/hghnwhe/One of the big potential problems with basic income ideas is the government in power picking who gets it and who doesn’t. For it to work, […]
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