A bill that that was passed in the Hawaiʻi legislature this session is among the first in the nation to explore the concept of universal basic income.
There’s been other places internationally that have experimented with the idea like Europe, Uganda and the Canadian province of Ontario, but the concept is fairly new in the US and is considered uncharted territory with the exception of a pilot program in Oakland, CA. Honolulu resident, Pierre Omidyar, the billionaire co-founder of eBay, is also providing the financial backing for a program in Kenya .
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