Poverty: Is Universal Basic Income a Way Forward?
Next Gen Voter
English - May 31, 2020 17:22 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGovernment Education current events future government law next generation politics teen voters Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode explores the idea of giving US Citizens a basic income every month to cover basic human needs. It includes a look at:
The origins of this idea including support from historical figures like MLK who saw it as a way to narrow the inequality in the USAndrew Yang's new Freedom Dividend proposal and how we would pay for itThe growing support on both sides of the aisle for adding a basic income for every American into the Coronavirus stimulus billDo we have a moral obligation to enact a more permanent basic income to fight inequality and injustice in America?
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