US: Cultural advocacy group releases platform, demands basic income

US: Cultural advocacy group releases platform, demands basic income

The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture , a non-governmental organization that promotes “programs and policies that cultivate creativity, empathy, and collaboration”, released a new platform on November 19, 2016 — aimed at protecting Americans’ right to culture under a Trump presidency.

The platform consists of 10 policy demands — from a public service jobs program to criminal justice reform to investment in arts education — including a basic income grant.

About the basic income grant, the USDAC writes (pp. 22-23): [R]ising costs, falling spending-power, the uncertainty of the economy, macroeconomic policies that have placed corporate success above individual well-being. For […]

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