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Universal basic income (UBI) [note 1] is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive a minimum income in the form of an unconditional transfer payment, i.e., without a means test or need to work.
Universal basic income and negative income tax, which is a related system, has been debated in the United States since the 1960s, and to a smaller extent also before that. During the 1960s and 1970s a number of experiments with negative income tax were conducted in United States and Canada .
Thomas Spence, an eighteenth century English radical, was apparently the first to lay out in full what is now called a universal basic income. [117] Thomas Paine, a philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, advocated a capital grant and an unconditional citizens pension in his 1797 pamphlet Agrarian Justice. [118]
They call it universal basic income (UBI)—cash for everyone, no strings attached. Comedian Dave Chappelle thinks UBI would "save my community almost instantly."
Politicians and activists have increasingly supported UBI and guaranteed income programs, which give participants funding without strings attached.
Universal basic income (UBI) is a program often proposed by futurists and progressive politicians. It would provide a basic allowance for everyone in the city, state or country and could make a ...
Universal basic income (UBI) is discussed in many countries. This article summarizes the national and regional debates, where it takes place, and is a complement to the main article on the subject: universal basic income .
Pope Francis has become a vocal advocate for a universal basic income. He first staked his position in a letter in 2020, calling UBI critical to the future economy. In a meeting on Friday, the ...