The article basically says the impact of Covid has gotten some European countries to think about universal income and some are piloting it.
For purely selfish reasons, I would love to see it happen. I could live on $1,423 a months + savings (until SSN kicks in) if that meant not having to work again. But as a realist and just like how large number in the US has a different take on guns vs ROW, we have a different mentality ... I just don't see it happening universally in the US.
However, I am very interested in the results of the trials/pilots.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/econo...mic/index.html
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In Germany, millions of people applied to join a study of universal basic income that will provide participants with €1,200 ($1,423) a month, while in the United Kingdom, more than 100 lawmakers — including Jardine — are pushing the government to start similar trials.
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