John Ralston Saul via Wikipedia
John Ralston Saul, (born June 19, 1947), a Canadian author and essayist, recently endorsed BIG. His comments came in response to a question about the “Guaranteed Annual Income”–the name by which the Basic Income Guarantee is most commonly known in Canada. Saul replied in plain and highly supportive language, “In order to save public money, I’m in favor of it, and also to bring a certain level of dignity. It’s clear that the managerial approach is to have a multitude of programs, which have to be managed, and which give them power over individuals, whereas a Guaranteed Annual Income would be very cheap, and would remove that power from them.”
To see a video of Saul’s endorsement, go to: Jack Saturday, “John Ralston Saul’s View of Basic Income,” June 11, 2014.
