First, this is not a joke. This is actually happening.
Second, this is just at lawmaker's level, it hasn't (yet) been implemented fully, but it designs the way things should work. According to an article published in World Economic Forum website, “The State of Hawaii is going to begin evaluating universal basic income.”.
Incidentally, the announcement was first made on reddit, by a state representative named Chris Lee.
The bill he proposed passed both of the States Legislatures, wait for it... unanimously!
The bill has two major provisions. First, it declares that all families in Hawaii are entitled to basic financial security. “As far as I’m told, it’s the first time any state has made such a pronouncement,” wrote Lee. The second provision establishes a number of government offices “to analyze our state’s economy and find ways to ensure all families have basic financial security, including an evaluation of different forms of a full or partial universal basic income.”
I'm not a big fan of US, to be honest, but, given this situation (and also taking into account the climate in Hawaii), suddenly moving there might not sound as a bad idea at all.
According to the same article, Hawaii may be the first state to implement this officially, but it's not the only one thinking at doing this. Similar projects are in more or less advanced stages in Finland, Germany, Canada and India.
And, obviously, there is even a private project which uses blockchain and crypto, called Grantcoin.
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