A woman who gets $500 a month, no strings attached, reveals what it’s like to be one of the only people in the US to get a basic income

The city of Stockton, California, is giving 125 residents monthly payments of $500, no strings attached.

The payments are part of a basic-income trial led by the city’s 29-year-old mayor, Michael Tubbs.

One participant told Business Insider that the stipend helps pay for her medical expenses. She’s also saving up to visit her sister, who is ill. Virginia Medina has always been diligent about sorting her mail.The 61-year-old resident of Stockton, California, told her husband not to throw any letters away while she was visiting her sister in Oregon last year. In the pile she found a notice from […]

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