Sunday, February 17, 2008

An income for all Canadians



A guaranteed income program would lift more than 1.5 million people out of poverty

Reginald Stackhouse

Reginald StackhouseSome ideas are rejected in the public forum not because they have been tried and found wanting but because they have been found challenging and not tried.

One of them is a proposal that can really make poverty history in this country – no, not by increasing any or all of our existing social programs.

Just the opposite.

They will be replaced by a basic income policy, a.k.a. guaranteed annual income or negative income tax. It will provide all Canadians with an annual income, regardless of what other income they enjoy, earned or unearned. Continue reading on the Gaianicity site and then return and post a comment.

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Livable Income For Everyone ~ L I F E ~ is an organization started in 2003 to promote the implementation of universal Guaranteed Livable Income ( G L I ) in every country in the world.