House Republicans are voting to immediately ban guaranteed income programs in Iowa, before the results of the first study are known

House Republicans are voting to immediately ban guaranteed income programs in Iowa, before the results of the first study are known

Clockwise from left: Dallas, Polk and Warren Counties. Less than a year after a program was launched in the Des Moines area to study the effects of a guaranteed income in Iowa, Republicans in the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill that would prevent city or county governments from launching any basic income program in the future or support.

HF 2319 passed the House of Representatives on Monday by a vote of 55-43. Seven Republicans joined all of the chamber’s Democrats in opposing it.

UpLift – The Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot is a two-year program designed to document the […]

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