How these mayors are bringing guaranteed income to their cities
Fast Company, 07-14-21
(https://www.fastcompany.com/90655023/how-these-mayors-are-bringing-guaranteed-income-to-their-cities) On the ‘World Changing Ideas’ podcast, we spoke to two mayors who launched guaranteed income pilot programs in their cities—and to a recipient of those supplemental checks. 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 […]
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