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guaranteed annual income

American  
[gar-uhn-teed an-yoo-uhl in-kuhm] / ˈgær ən tid ˈæn ju əl ˈɪn kʌm /

noun

  1. Also called guaranteed income. compensation provided by the government to any family or individual whose annual income falls below a specified level. GAI

  2. guaranteed annual wage.


Etymology

Origin of guaranteed annual income

First recorded in 1965–70


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Kash Gaines got behind the $5 million one-time payment as well as the proposed $97,000 guaranteed annual income for 250 years, although he suggested the time period should be doubled to 500 years.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 28, 2023

Dr. Graeber’s solution was to have the government provide a guaranteed annual income that would allow people the freedom to find their own purpose in life.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2020

And Nixon, urged on by his domestic adviser Pat Moynihan, seriously toyed with giving all Americans a guaranteed annual income.

From The Guardian ● May 18, 2017

The guaranteed annual income experiment in Dauphin, Manitoba in the late 1970s offers the solutions necessary to fix the problem.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2014

Among his causes have been a guaranteed annual income for the poor and reparations for descendants of slaves.

From Time Magazine Archive

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