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More Dutch cities may join in 'basic income' experiment
Other Dutch cities may join Utrecht in experimenting with a ‘basic income’ to replace the current complicated system of taxes, social security benefits and top-up benefits, the Financieele Dagblad says on Wednesday. In June, Utrecht city council announced plans to launch trials of the new system after the summer holidays together with researchers from Utrecht University. Now Tilburg has similar plans and aims to run a four-year trial, the FD says.
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If America tried this, the GOP's heads would explode.
So excited to see what kind of difference this could make in my old college town! Definitely a project that's easier to start in a smaller city/country though. Couldn't imagine trying to implement something like this in NYC.
May I correct something? The trials in Utrecht are to start in January, not after the summer. Some news source claimed after the summer and since then I've seen multiple sources say that - but the municipality is still saying it'll be in January or something.