A social experiment that saw the jobless paid money for doing nothing has been shelved.
The government in Finland has paid 2,000 people a tax-free $684 a month.
The only rules were they had to be without work when the payment started and aged between 25 and 58 years old.If the payees found work, they still pocketed the full payment.The Finnish Social Insurance Institute – Kela for short – launched the universal basic income trial two years ago. Tax-free financial safety net Kela wanted to extend the trial and went back to the government this year for more free money to […]
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