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It's not much and it's an expensive place to live, but Alaska pays each citizen a dividend each year. They do this from funds generated for the state from the o
by cestith 6y ago
It's not much and it's an expensive place to live, but Alaska pays each citizen a dividend each year. They do this from funds generated for the state from the oil and gas industry. It seems last year it was $992.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alaska/articles/2020-06-12/alaska-dividend-set-at-992-to-be-paid-starting-july-1 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alaska/articles/2020...
I can imagine if the US federal government does the wealth tax Warren is pushing, closes some of the loopholes in corporate taxes, and then uses that for UBI it will help twofold.: The UBI itself and wages, being a legitimately deductible business expense, might just start rising more quickly.
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