Basic income programs are rapidly spreading across the country as critics raise concerns about record job openings.
Source: Chicago poised to create one of the nation’s largest ‘guaranteed basic income’ programs
One of the few times I’ve seen Alaska’s dividend menti0ned.
“But supporters say it is a matter of exposure. Brett Watson, an economics professor at the University of Alaska Institute for Social and Economic Research in Anchorage, noted that in his state, receiving a regular income from the government is already seen as “a birthright.”
Alaska has a nearly 40-year-old Permanent Fund Dividend that guarantees its residents an average of $1,600 in an annual lump payment. The fund consists of offshore oil lease royalties paid to the state.”
