california cities are pilot testing guaranteed basic income programs 4 NNPA Newswire/BlackPressUSA
Oakland Post
By Manny Otiko | California Black MediaGuaranteed basic income isn’t a new idea. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr talked about the idea of low-income people receiving regular checks from the government in the 1960s. It was brought up again during the 2020 presidential campaign when Democratic candidate Andrew Yang, a technology entrepreneur, made it a major part of his platform.However, Yang was advocating for Universal Basic Income (UBI), which guarantees payments to everyone.Guaranteed basic income only targets low-income people.According to Yang, some […]
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