Stockton will be a guinea pig, a happy little piggy, you would think: A Bay Area foundation will give select Stocktonians $500 a month for at least a year. No strings attached.
The intriguing idea is to help them, and to test “universal basic income” as a policy to address both poverty and an economy leaving more and more people behind.
“Every day we have people calling the office who are working people, working two jobs, three jobs, even more, who are worried they can’t afford rent,” said Mayor Michael Tubbs, who announced this pilot program Wednesday.The Economic Security Project, a […]
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