THE SOCIAL DEBATE
The voters of Maine passed the “right to food” state constitutional amendment on Tuesday, the first amendment of its kind in the U.S.
By Olafimihan Oshin Original article: https://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/579819-maine-voters-pass-first-right-to-food-amendment-in-us The voters of Maine passed the “right to food” state constitutional amendment on Tuesday,
The Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies: UBI and Gender
by Serkan Simsir Original article: https://basicincome.org/news/2021/11/a-new-project-from-fribis-universal-basic-income-and-gender/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-project-from-fribis-universal-basic-income-and-gender The Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS), a network of several faculties at
Companies ‘must offer more to workers or face exodus’
Thinktank says higher pay, shorter working week or better benefits can help solve labour market crisis By Larry Elliott
Study: Poor parents receiving universal payments spend more on kids
By Sara Zaske, WSU News & Media Relations Original article: https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2021/10/28/poor-parents-receiving-universal-payments-increase-spending-on-kids/ PULLMAN, Wash. – When given cash with no strings attached,
The Child Tax Credit Is A Pro-Family And Pro-Freedom Way To Help Parents
By Matt Zwolinski Original Article: https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/25/zwolinski-the-child-tax-credit-is-a-pro-family-and-pro-freedom-way-to-help-parents/ Since July of this year, over 30 million families have received monthly cash
‘New Democrats’ Break With Their Anti-Welfare Past
Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state is the centrist Democrat at the center of everything. By Arthur Delaney | Updated October 23,
Child Tax Credit to Remain Free of an Income Requirement For Another Year
A work requirement would wreck the child tax credit’s impact on child poverty. By Arthur Delaney and Igor Bobic | Updated 14 hours
The Alarm Surrounding The National Debt Is Misguided
By Warren Mosler Original article: https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/22/mosler-alarm-national-debt-is-misguided/ As the U.S. public debt approaches $30 trillion, the same misguided alarms have
Child tax credit tussle reflects debate over work incentives
President Joe Biden and leading Democratic lawmakers, including Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, have been
Time For Carbon Fee and Dividend
Original article: https://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/editorials/policy-would-help-on-climate/article_ad3c4cf6-3389-11ec-8bb5-132cd052b301.html A key piece of President Joe Biden’s plan to address climate change in his Build Back
Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx
By Christopher Rugaber, Casey Smith and Larry Fenn Original article: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-health-indiana-d3acd668eaf6343aada03cd660055bbc INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Earlier this year, an insistent
Most ‘return to work’ bonuses have not been distributed as promised
By Matt Darling After a disappointing jobs report in April, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced, “Montana is open for business again,
Manchin’s $60,000 income threshold for Biden’s monthly child tax credit could cause 37.4 million kids to lose out on federal aid
By Joseph Zeballos-Roig and Andy Kiersz ANALYSIS Manchin is reportedly pitching a $60,000 income cap for families to get the Biden
Why Do Poor People Stay Poor? Not Enough Money.
By Nick Maggiulli Why do poor people stay poor? It’s a question that everyone already seems to have an answer
Democrats like Manchin want poor Americans to waste more time
By Hayes Brown We’ve hit the point in the legislative process where, even though the energy and the numbers are on the
Democrats thought giving voters cash was the key to success. So what happened?
The benefits were handed out. But they don’t seem to be translating politically. In some cases, voters don’t even
People want to work less – and they’re entirely right
After the changes wrought by a deadly virus, people are realising that there is more to life than lining
New study blows a hole in argument that the monthly child tax credit discourages people from working
By Joseph Zeballos-Roig A new study challenges Manchin’s assertion that the revamped child tax credit keeps people from working.
South Korea’s Ruling Party Nominates Basic Income Candidate as Their Presidential Contender
By Hyung-Jin Kim SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s ruling liberal party on Sunday nominated its candidate for
Defending The CTC: A Response to the Assumption it Would Reduce Employment
By Matt Darling A recently released research paper from the Becker-Friedman institute has challenged the consensus view that the new Child
The best antidote to poverty could be cold, hard cash
By Bryan Walsh Experts in philanthropy are gradually coming around to the idea that simply giving poor people cash
Proposal to distribute a ‘COVID Dividend’ of £400 a month to everyone in the UK for one year
A Resilience Universal Basic Income would guarantee economic security for every household in the UK as we recover from
Five Reasons the Child Tax Credit Shouldn’t Have a Work Requirement
By Samuel Hammond Budget reconciliation negotiations among Democrats have hit an impasse over Senator Joe Manchin’s worries about extending the Child
Andrew Yang promotes new third party, slams current political duopoly as not working
“I am trying to bring our country back together,” Yang told Tucker Carlson By Amy Nelson On Monday, former U.S.
Fumio Kishida Is Elected Prime Minister of Japan
New leader seeks to stimulate economy by wealth distribution, including cash handouts to people hurt by the pandemic By
Fox News Host Confronts GOP Senator for Backing Child Tax Credit Under Trump But Not Biden
By Jason Lemon Fox News anchor Chris Wallace confronted Senator John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican, over his support for expanding
The Basic Income Grant – research reveals where opportunities for brands lie
by Lee Herridge – Consumer Researcher at KLA The Basic Income Gant (BIG) is on everybody’s lips at the
Being on the receiving end: Why vouchers instead of cash lack dignity and are bad value
Innocent Tshilombo, who spent 10 years at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, describes how attaching conditions to cash and
Will the pandemic pave the way for welfare reform? The UK’s former homelessness tsar sets out her vision that includes UBI
By Karen Day It was the devastation of the Second World War that gave birth to the UK’s welfare state,
Basic income video by gig worker was a labor of love and a call to urgent action
Roderick Benns recently posed a few questions to Craig Berggold, creator of the recent basic income video that was an instant success.
Keeping Child Tax Credit Fully Refundable Is Critical To Low-Income Families
by Elaine Maag As Congress debates whether to extend the major, but temporary, changes to the Child Tax Credit
Halifax rally pushes for guaranteed basic income
Group calls on federal, provincial governments to work together on the issue By Haley Ryan A small but passionate