Los Angeles Times Editorial Board Endorses Basic Income Pilots

Los Angeles Times Editorial Board Endorses Basic Income Pilots

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti with Michael Tubbs, founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, after LA mayor announced plan to launch the largest UBI experiment in the nation Editorial: Are cash handouts a better antidote to poverty? Let’s find out – Los Angeles Times

By The Times Editorial Board

Since President Johnson launched his War on Poverty in 1964, the percentage of Americans living in grinding poverty has plummeted. Despite a steady infusion of new programs, though, most of the gains in that fight came in the first decade . And while federal and state safety net programs have […]

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