Los Angeles, Chicago offer universal basic income Chicago and Los Angeles will launch universal basic income pilot programs , with applications opening tomorrow.
Los Angeles will pay $1000 to 3200 families every month, while Chicago will send $500 to 5000 families. The programs will cost $40 million and $31.5 million, respectively, according to FOX Business reporter Grady Trimble.
Applicants for the Chicago program will be chosen at random but must earn less than $35,000 a year to qualify. Mayors Eric Garcetti and Lori Lightfoot have hailed the programs as the necessary step to "lift" people out of poverty, but critics have […]
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