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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. | ||
| − | 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>[ | + | 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>Lane, Oliver JJ (April 25, 2018). [http://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.</ref><ref>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.</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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Revision as of 04:55, September 9, 2018
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. For example, in 2016, voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to enact a basic income by about 78%.[1] Finland began a pilot program in 2017 to study enacting a basic income, but it ended the program a year later.[2][3] Ontario's newly-elected conservative government also rejected a basic income pilot program in July 2018.[4]
References
- ↑ Swiss voters reject 'money for nothing' universal income proposal. Fox News (from the Associated Press). June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ↑ Lane, Oliver JJ (April 25, 2018). Failure: Finland to Terminate Universal Basic Income Experiment. Breitbart News. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ↑ DeMarche, Edmund (April 25, 2018). Finland to end its universal basic income program by year's end. Fox News. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ↑ Singman, Brooke (August 1, 2018). Universal basic income ditched in Canada, even as US cities try welfare experiment. Fox News. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
External links
- Time for a UBI?, by R. Cort Kirkwood of The New American