A universal Basic Income could be paid for by a slight increase in taxes for the super rich. What if Bill Gates had only 3.9 billion dollars instead of 4 Billion? He wouldn't even notice the difference but an additional $1,000 a month to a poor person would allow them to feed their children. Feeding children increases the likelihood of them growing up smart... Starvation is not healthy for growing children's brains...
AND...
That $1,000 a month would be spent at American Businesses... increasing profits for the Super Rich... so in the end... everyone wins!
https://www.amazon.com/Give-People-Money-Universal-Revolutionize/dp/1524758760
A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic income—a stipend given to every citizen—and why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology.
Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexico—all are talking about UBI.
AND...
That $1,000 a month would be spent at American Businesses... increasing profits for the Super Rich... so in the end... everyone wins!
https://www.amazon.com/Give-People-Money-Universal-Revolutionize/dp/1524758760
A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic income—a stipend given to every citizen—and why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology.
Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexico—all are talking about UBI.
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