Annie Lowery, a business reporter, wrote the book Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World, which advocates that the federal government adopt a universal basic income (UBI) under which every person in the country would receive a monthly check of $500 to $1,000. She argues that "in a society as rich as ours...everyone deserves a guarantee of financial security." Source: Annie Lowery, "Trump Should Just Give People Money," New York Times, July 7, 2018. Is Lowery correct that it is the role of the federal government to guarantee that people have financial security? A. Lowery is making a normative judgment regarding the policy. Normative analysis concerns what one person believes ought to be. You can agree or disagree with her opinion depending on your own views of the issue. There is no way to demonstrate that Lowery's opinion is correct. B. No, the government should absolutely not help to guarantee that people have financial security in any way. C. Yes, Lowery is absolutely correct that it is the role of the federal government to guarantee that people
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