Michael Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton, California, is a leading advocate for guaranteed income. It seems like everywhere you look in the US these days, new guaranteed income pilot programs are springing up. Over the past month or so, they’ve launched in Newark, New Jersey , Tacoma, Washington , Denver, Colorado , Cambridge, Massachusetts , and Los Angeles County, California .
“Guaranteed income” is similar to, but not quite the same as, universal basic income (UBI). Whereas UBI aims to offer enough money for a basic subsistence living to every single adult, guaranteed income might provide a more modest […]
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