After donating a billion dollars to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Jack Dorsey made an additional gesture in favor of the Americans.
The American entrepreneur wishes to get involved in establishing a basic income in the United States.
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Twitter boss Jack Dorsey will donate $ 3 million (2.8 million francs) to allow mayors of several cities in the United States to experiment with the creation of a universal income, he announced. in a tweet.
The sum will be given to an association, Mayors for a guaranteed income (Mayors for a universal income), just created, which brings together the mayors of 16 cities of the country, activists in favor of the establishment of a universal income.
“It is a tool for bridging the wealth and income gap, leveling out systemic inequalities related to skin color or gender, and creating economic security for families,” commented in a Tweet published Thursday evening the boss of Twitter, whose fortune is estimated at $ 7.3 billion by Forbes magazine.
“The whole network is so grateful for this support. Together, we can make the US economy work for everyone, ”replied the association of mayors in another tweet.
Mayors for a guaranteed income brings together 16 mayors from the United States, including those of Atlanta (Georgia) or Seattle (Washington), but also that of Los Angeles (California).
Jack Dorsey had already announced in April that he would donate $ 1 billion to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, and that he would then like the money to be redirected “to health and education for girls, as well as universal income. ” He had explained that, to unlock this sum, he would gradually sell shares in his other company, Square, specializing in digital payment.
1000 dollars per month minimum
Universal Income was invited into the American presidential campaign with former Democratic primary candidate Andrew Yang, whose main project was to provide every American 18 and over an income of $ 1,000 a month unconditionally.
He believed that this would help counter the pressure of automation which, he said, could deprive a third of Americans of work over the next 12 years. Since then, the Covid-19 crisis has increased the number of Americans living on unemployment by more than 10-fold. 18 million people are receiving an allowance, and thousands more have lost their jobs but cannot touch anything.
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