How a basic income in the U.S. could increase global poverty - PBS NewsHour | real utopias | Scoop.it
From www.pbs.org - April 18, 2014 11:40 AM

In reality, McArdle argues, the basic income couldn’t replace the existing social welfare system, as some of her fellow conservatives suggest; instead, she says it would end up doubling the federal budget. And at the same time, because the U.S. would have to halt immigration from poorer countries, she fears it would increase global poverty.