The largest pilot was just cancelled.
The concept of basic income has circulated among officials and activists for over a century.
The idea is that if governments cancel their various social welfare programs in favour of cash handouts to every citizen, then not only will people to cover basic expenses like food and rent, but that the economy will boom as people have more spending power. Canada, a bastion of progressive politics, has been on the cutting edge of basic income in recent years. Pilot projects across the country have begun to test the feasibility and true benefits of […]
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