{"id":11677,"date":"2017-01-01T10:16:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=11677"},"modified":"2017-01-01T10:16:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T15:16:11","slug":"universal-basic-income-trials-being-considered-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/universal-basic-income-trials-being-considered-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal basic income trials being considered in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ifttt.com\/images\/no_image_card.png?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>What do you think about universal basic income? Is it time to stop telling people to &#8220;pull themselves up by their bootstraps&#8221; and instead guarantee that no one goes without?  <\/p>\n<p>Hell&#8230;boots don&#8217;t even have straps anymore. What does that expression even mean? I say the time has come to at least consider it. Kudos to UK\/Scotland for the efforts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2hH44qC\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2hH44qC<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you think about universal basic income? Is it time to stop telling people to &#8220;pull themselves up by their bootstraps&#8221; and instead guarantee that no one goes without? Hell&#8230;boots don&#8217;t even have straps anymore. What does that expression even mean? I say the time has come to at least consider it. 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