COMMENTARY: Guaranteed basic income an investment in people for the common good and one we can't afford not to make | SaltWire

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In recent Telegram columns, SaltWire Network’s Pam Frampton has highlighted the devastating situation of poverty-stricken people in our world and the ...

Most of us want to do our share to improve our communities and world and, towards this end, more and more people and organizations are embracing a guaranteed livable basic income as an effective way to invest in people for the common good.

Our income support programs, and our minimum wage — even at $15 an hour — still leaves people below the poverty line. A guaranteed livable basic income is not a handout; it is an investment in people for the common good. A guaranteed livable basic income is a way of ensuring that present and future generations can be productive members of society and live with dignity. It is an investment that we can’t afford not to make.

 

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