Italy to give every 18-year-old $560

Italy  is giving those turning 18 money to spend on art and books.

Citizens and permanent residents who were born in 1998 must register on www.18app.it and download the “18app” app. A government undersecretary hailed the fact that the money won’t be “allocated through bureaucracy” but instead through some 550,000 teenagers’ decisions—with one limitation. The funds can be spent on books, theater, concerts, exhibitions, and museums, but not on albums.

The money must be spent by the end of 2017, reports the Telegraph, which notes the program was announced by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi 10 days after the November terror attacks in Paris.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.