Basic Income Guarantee [electronic resource] : Your Right to Economic Security /
Sheahen, A.author.
A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is the unconditional government-ensured guarantee that all citizens will have enough income to meet their basic needs without a work requirement. Significant questions include: Why should we adopt a BIG? Can the U.S. afford it? Why don't the current welfare programs work? Why not guarantee everyone a job? Would anyone work if his or her income were guaranteed? Has a BIG ever been tested? This book answers these questions and many more in simple, easy-to-understand language.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Introduction: It's Time to Think BIG; 2 So What's the BIG Idea?; 3 Why Did We Lose the War on Poverty?; 4 Did You Know?; 5 Why Are Jobs Not the Answer?; 6 Why Is There So Much Inequality in the United States?; 7 How Do Other Countries Handle Economic Security?; 8 Why Should the United States Adopt a Basic Income Guarantee?; 9 Is a Basic Income Guarantee Moral?; 10 Why Should I Work to Support Welfare Chiselers?; 11 Why Not Guarantee Everyone a Job?; 12 Why Not Try Other Programs?
13 Can the United States Afford a Basic Income Guarantee?14 Will a Basic Income Guarantee Work?; 15 Has the Basic Income Guarantee Ever Been Tested?; 16 What about the Work Ethic?; 17 What Will Life Be Like under a Basic Income Guarantee?; 18 Will a Basic Income Guarantee Threaten Democracy?; 19 How Is a Basic Income Guarantee Administered?; 20 What's Happening with BIG around the World?; 21 Can America Be Convinced?; 22 Realistically, What Are the Chances for a BIG in the United States?; Appendix A The Cost of a Basic Income Guarantee; Appendix B Current Social Welfare Programs
Appendix C A Brief History of a Basic Income GuaranteeAppendix D Alternate Forms of a Basic Income Guarantee; Appendix E Resources; Appendix F Suggested Reading; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is the unconditional government-ensured guarantee that all citizens will have enough income to meet their basic needs without a work requirement. Significant questions include: Why should we adopt a BIG? Can the U.S. afford it? Why don't the current welfare programs work? Why not guarantee everyone a job? Would anyone work if his or her income were guaranteed? Has a BIG ever been tested? This book answers these questions and many more in simple, easy-to-understand language.
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