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'''Basic income''' is a term for a [[socialist]] policy where every resident of an area is guaranteed an [[income]] regardless of their [[employment]] status.
 
'''Basic income''' is a term for a [[socialist]] policy where every resident of an area is guaranteed an [[income]] regardless of their [[employment]] status.
  
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Various proposals for a universal basic income have been discussed in different countries, usually supported by the Left. For example, in 2016, voters in [[Switzerland]] rejected a proposal to enact a basic income by about 78%.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06/06/swiss-voters-reject-money-for-nothing-universal-income-proposal.html Swiss voters reject 'money for nothing' universal income proposal]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.</ref> [[Finland]] began a pilot program in 2017 to study enacting a basic income, but it ended the program a year later.<ref>Multiple references:
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Various proposals for a '''universal basic income''' have been discussed in different countries, usually supported by the Left.<ref>Schlesinger, Jacob M. (January 11, 2020). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/minimum-income-ideas-get-widest-airing-in-50-years-11578718860 Minimum-Income Ideas Get Widest Airing in 50 Years]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved January 11, 2020.</ref> For example, in 2016, voters in [[Switzerland]] rejected a proposal to enact a basic income by about 78%.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06/06/swiss-voters-reject-money-for-nothing-universal-income-proposal.html Swiss voters reject 'money for nothing' universal income proposal]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.</ref> [[Finland]] began a pilot program in 2017 to study enacting a basic income, but it ended the program a year later.<ref>Multiple references:
 
*Lane, Oliver JJ (April 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/25/failure-finland-terminate-universal-basic-income-experiment/ Failure: Finland to Terminate Universal Basic Income Experiment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
 
*Lane, Oliver JJ (April 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/04/25/failure-finland-terminate-universal-basic-income-experiment/ Failure: Finland to Terminate Universal Basic Income Experiment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
 
*DeMarche, Edmund (April 25, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/25/finland-to-end-its-universal-basic-income-program-by-years-end.html Finland to end its universal basic income program by year's end]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
 
*DeMarche, Edmund (April 25, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/25/finland-to-end-its-universal-basic-income-program-by-years-end.html Finland to end its universal basic income program by year's end]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
 
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*Friedman, Victoria (February 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/09/finland-free-money-experiment-failed-encourage-unemployed-find-work/ Finland’s ‘Free Money’ Experiment Failed to Encourage Unemployed to Find Work]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 9, 2019.</ref> [[Ontario]]'s newly-elected conservative government also rejected a basic income pilot program in July 2018.<ref>Singman, Brooke (August 1, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/01/universal-basic-income-ditched-in-canada-even-as-us-cities-try-welfare-experiment.html Universal basic income ditched in Canada, even as US cities try welfare experiment]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.</ref>
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*Friedman, Victoria (February 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/02/09/finland-free-money-experiment-failed-encourage-unemployed-find-work/ Finland’s ‘Free Money’ Experiment Failed to Encourage Unemployed to Find Work]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 9, 2019.</ref> [[Ontario]]'s newly elected conservative government also rejected a basic income pilot program in July 2018.<ref>Singman, Brooke (August 1, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/01/universal-basic-income-ditched-in-canada-even-as-us-cities-try-welfare-experiment.html Universal basic income ditched in Canada, even as US cities try welfare experiment]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 1, 2018.</ref>
  
 
According to the France-based Public Services International and the Britain-based New Economics Foundation – left-of-center organizations – universal basic income does not work well in practice.<ref>Vadum, Matthew (May 17, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/universal-basic-income-programs-dont-work-well-report-says_2926307.html Universal Basic Income Programs Don’t Work Well, Report Says]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref>
 
According to the France-based Public Services International and the Britain-based New Economics Foundation – left-of-center organizations – universal basic income does not work well in practice.<ref>Vadum, Matthew (May 17, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/universal-basic-income-programs-dont-work-well-report-says_2926307.html Universal Basic Income Programs Don’t Work Well, Report Says]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref>
  
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The [[El Paso Walmart shooting El Paso Walmart shooter]] claimed that claimed that legal immigration was hampering implementation of a universal basic income.<ref>https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/</ref>
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The [[El Paso Walmart shooting|El Paso Walmart shooter]] claimed that legal immigration was hampering implementation of a universal basic income.<ref>https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/</ref>
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In 2021, the Democrats passed the [[American Rescue Plan]], which included UBI payments.<ref>https://prospect.org/economy/2023-08-07-guaranteed-income-gets-new-life/</ref>
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==See also==
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* [[Cloward and Piven Strategy]]
  
 
==References==
 
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==External links==
 
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*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/item/29563-time-for-a-ubi Time for a UBI?], by R. Cort Kirkwood of ''[[The New American]]''
 
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/item/29563-time-for-a-ubi Time for a UBI?], by R. Cort Kirkwood of ''[[The New American]]''
  
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Latest revision as of 02:00, September 15, 2024

Basic income is a term for a socialist policy where every resident of an area is guaranteed an income regardless of their employment status.

Various proposals for a universal basic income have been discussed in different countries, usually supported by the Left.[1] For example, in 2016, voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to enact a basic income by about 78%.[2] Finland began a pilot program in 2017 to study enacting a basic income, but it ended the program a year later.[3] Ontario's newly elected conservative government also rejected a basic income pilot program in July 2018.[4]

According to the France-based Public Services International and the Britain-based New Economics Foundation – left-of-center organizations – universal basic income does not work well in practice.[5]

The El Paso Walmart shooter claimed that legal immigration was hampering implementation of a universal basic income.[6]

In 2021, the Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan, which included UBI payments.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schlesinger, Jacob M. (January 11, 2020). Minimum-Income Ideas Get Widest Airing in 50 Years. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Swiss voters reject 'money for nothing' universal income proposal. Fox News (from the Associated Press). June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Multiple references: See also:
  4. ↑ Singman, Brooke (August 1, 2018). Universal basic income ditched in Canada, even as US cities try welfare experiment. Fox News. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Vadum, Matthew (May 17, 2019). Universal Basic Income Programs Don’t Work Well, Report Says. The Epoch Times. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ https://www.paypervids.com/alleged-el-paso-texas-walmart-shooter-manifesto/
  7. ↑ https://prospect.org/economy/2023-08-07-guaranteed-income-gets-new-life/

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