The solution for reducing poverty does not reside in UBI programs . The best path to reduced welfare is the ready availability of jobs.
Persuaded that universal basic income (UBI) programs would do more harm than good, the Iowa Legislature has passed a bill to ban such initiatives at the local level. As the debate over such programs continues across the country, observers of the UBI experiment can move another state into the opposition column.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, states and local governments received an unprecedent windfall of federal dollars, and policymakers seized upon the funding for experiments to address […]
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