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Feds should implement pilot project on guaranteed income

A basic income is a simpler, more transparent administrative approach to fighting poverty than currently exists, and it would extend benefits to those not covered by social assistance programs, such as the working poor.

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BY ART EGGLETON
March 1, 2016

Opinion | BY ART EGGLETON | March 1, 2016

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