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) 3 hours ago UBI is Universal Basic Income. The idea is based on future economies providing fewer jobs than prospective employees; therefore, permanent unemployment and/or welfare will have to be provided to a significant number of people. The first Covid relief bill passed under the previous administration included a $600 subsidy to unemployment compensation resulting in a significant number of ex-employees making more money in unemployment than they ever did while working. The new bill...

by Tyler Durden Something strange is happening in the US economy.  A McDonalds in Tampa, Florida, offers $50 to show up for a job interview. Even with free money plastered in big, bold black letters on its menu sign, facing a busy roadway, there are reportedly still no takers.  Business Insider spoke with Blake Casper, the franchisee who owns the fast-food restaurant in Tampa, who said the idea to hand out free money is an attempt to secure workers. He said he would do "whatever it takes to...

Visual Stories By Sarah Ravani and Todd Trumbull | April 21, 2021 | Updated: April 21, 2021 10:44 AM Guaranteed income programs have been around for centuries with a mention in Thomas More’s 1516 book “Utopia.” While the various welfare programs sprung up in the 1930s, a backlash was brewing by time the War on Poverty was launched during the 1960’s. Critics argued that increasing welfare encouraged people to reject work. In 1996, President Bill Clinton passed legislation that ad...

CBU1078_UNIVERSAL_BASIC_INCOME_AM_v1_HD1080_0_338 Cars line up for food at the Utah Food Banks mobile food pantry at the Maverik Center, April 24, 2020, in West Valley City, Utah. As coronavirus concerns continue, the need for assistance has increased. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) 6249417527001 COVIDs one-two-punch basically devastated the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts in terms of infection rates and unemployment. "We have lots of undocumented workers here so many of them lost their hours, lost thei...

1 OUT for Independence is hosting an online coffee and a chat with some of the MSP regional and constituency candidates, so you can get to know them a little better. A drop in and out session is on today between 12 noon and 5pm. It is open to all. Register via Eventbrite, www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-your-snp-candidates-lgbtqi-ally-edition 2 ANUM Qaisar-Javed is the SNP Westminster by-election candidate for Airdrie and Shotts and April 23 is your opportunity to get to know her and other member...

"Bidens Trillions" Spark Historic Labor Shortage: Record 42% Of Businesses Cant Fill Job Openings Last week we made a remarkable observation: despite some 100 million Americans not in the labor force (of which 94 million do not want a job)... ... there is now a full-blown labor shortage in the US, for one simple reason - trillions in Biden stimulus are now incentivizing potential workers not to seek gainful employment, but to sit back and collect the next stimmy check for doing absolutely not...

A rundown of the party's main policies ahead of next month's Scottish Parliament elections.

West Virginia is the latest place to offer a relocation incentive to remote workers: $10,000, parceled out in monthly grants, for your first year in Morgantown, with a $2,000 bonus to settle in for a second year. The program is called Ascend, and the commercial is alluring—baritone voiceover, sunset drone panoramas, indie-folk harmonies. It’s been endowed by a $25 million grant, which makes it many times larger than similar programs in Vermont, and cities like Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Topeka, K...

Many readers are aware of a simulation conducted by the World Economic Forum called Event 201  that preceded the COVID pandemic. Event 201 eerily described and seemed to predict the pandemic. (There was also a pandemic simulation called Clade X that preceded Covid.) What some readers may not know, however, is that the World Economic Forum conducted a similar simulation, Cyber Polygon 2020. This 2020 event  also predicted a global catastrophe. A new cyberattack simulation, Cyber Polyg...

“What? Why? Who are you calling?” “Who am I calling? Who am I calling? The police, dude. Not having a brain chip is a felony, and it’s my duty as a citizen to report you, sorry. I know you’re a friend and neighbour and all, but, that’s just sick, dude. That’s really fucked-up.” “No, No… Wait, stop! I meant that I don’t have the latest version of he chip. But I still have the 2029 model. As you said, I’m old-fashioned…” “Ah… Ok… But… I don’t see the scar in ...