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Consider guaranteed annual income to reduce poverty

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

Oct 19 2012
“If you go out and work, you should be better off than on social assistance.” A guaranteed annual income works with, rather than against, low-wage earners, and removes the “welfare wall” — that point when there is no financial incentive to working. The guaranteed annual income challenges our assumptions about motivation and personal responsibility.

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