3: $10,000 a Year from the Government Just for Being Alive?

Across the Aisle by Ben Riggs

May 16, 201701:13:41News & Politics

Automation is taking jobs at an unprecedented rate. Can a program of universal basic income, where the government sends citizens money just for being alive, help guarantee lives of dignity for all? Can a progressive and...

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