Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, here speaking during a June 2021 press conference, is among big city mayors who support using federal pandemic assistance money to fund experimental guaranteed income programs. (Cara Ding/The Epoch Times) There are at least 82 municipalities across 29 states now engaged in guaranteed income experiments, including more than 70 with pilot programs created within the past year, according to a coalition of more than 100 American mayors promoting the concept.
Mayors for Guaranteed Income, and proponents among municipal officials nationwide, are encouraging local governments to seed pilot programs with federal pandemic assistance from a $350 billion […]
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