Hi,
There is an idea floating around today that is called 'Basic Income'; its sort of this idea that everyone should have a living amount of money, thus freeing the individual from work.
I know it's a sensitive issue, with a pile of ideology, but I'm primarily interested in the non-idealogical aspect of this concept. I've never run across the "Basic Income" idea as an implemented part of society in my readings of history before. But I am not a historian! :-)
Therefore, the question:
In Canada in a town in Manitoba they implemented "Mincome". They had the program for a few years before it was cut under Trudeau. Senator Hugh Segal is trying to revive it though. It ended up decreasing school drop out rates and such things.
Edit: Just thought about it some more, Countries like Cuba technically have Mincome because they give you food stamps as well as proper housing and enough things to live comfortably...
Can you be more specific? Do you mean a cash payment only? Do you mean the amount received must be specifically conceived as to allow the individual to live comfortably without working?