Keith Ellison: Government-Funded Universal Basic Income ‘Has A Lot Of Merit’

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), voiced support on Wednesday for a government-funded universal basic income.

“I personally do think that universal basic income is an idea that has a lot merit,” Ellison said at a public event in his home state. “There are some pilot programs going on right now and there are some different ways to work with it.”

“As people are displaced, the truth is there’s still plenty of stuff for people to do. I don’t think that universal basic income means that people sit around. I think it means do […]

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