(The Center Square) – In December 2021, the Phoenix City Council approved a pilot guaranteed income program for 1,000 low-income families that would provide $1,000 a month from taxpayers.
Like many guaranteed income programs, it was funded by federal emergency money from the American Rescue Plan Act.
An estimated 150 guaranteed income programs have popped up across the country and now Republicans are pushing back trying to ban them. The Foundation for Government Accountability think tank estimates that at least $2.35 billion has been budgeted or spent on universal basic income type programs in the U.S.In January, Arizona Republican State Rep. […]
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