Emily Abshire Buy Photos Chicago alderman Ameya Pawar recently introduced a piece of legislation that would make Chicago the largest municipality in the U.S. to test out universal basic income (UBI) with aspirations of solving the poverty crisis in the city.
UBI schemes entail giving a standard cash allowance to people, regardless of need, no questions asked. This specific program would henceforth provide 1,000 families with at least $500 per month. The families can do whatever they want with the cash; it is truly the closest one can get to free money.
Chicago is home to roughly 2.7 million people, yet […]
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