Establishing a universal basic income (UBI) in the U.S. might seem like a liberal pipe dream, particularly given the current state of the nation’s political discourse, but here’s the thing: Seattle had a UBI during one of the most divisive periods of the country’s recent history — and with Richard Nixon in the White House.
For the uninitiated, the idea behind UBIs is that governments pay a flat sum of money to individuals that allows them to meet their basic needs. In theory, this would allow low-income workers to get out of full-time jobs that don’t pay a living […]
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