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Correction, Please! The Perilous Push for Universal Basic Income
A sampling of news stories: Item: “Today, 48 percent of Americans support it [universal basic income], according to a new Northeastern University/Gallup survey of more than 3,000 U.S. adults,” reported CNBC on February 26. As CNBC’s reporter Anna Nova noted: “Proposals for universal basic income programs vary, but the most common one is a system in which the federal government sends out regular checks to everyone, regardless of their earnings or employment.” CNBC quoted Guy Standing, co-founder of […]
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