Tomas Vargas Jr. used to work part time as a youth facilitator for convicted juveniles in Stockton, California. He also repaired cars and did other odd jobs. “I was sitting there, just trying to make the checks work,” he says. That was before he was randomly selected to be part of a guaranteed income pilot program: to receive a sum of $500 per month for two years, no questions asked.
That pilot laid the groundwork for more mayors around the country to follow suit, many of whom are part of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income , a coalition of 55 […]
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