The gist of basic income is that a government “distributes
cash universally. As the logic runs, if everyone gets money—rich and poor, the
employed and the jobless—it removes the stigma of traditional welfare schemes
while ensuring sustenance for all.”[1]
The “logic,” I submit, is flawed even if the basic idea is solid.
The full essay is at "Universal Basic Income."
1. Peter S. Goodman, “Inequality?
California City Is First in U.S. to Try,” The New York Times, May 30, 2018.
