Op-Ed: What even a modest guaranteed income might have done for my mom

Op-Ed: What even a modest guaranteed income might have done for my mom

Many Stockton residents, line at the Emergency Food Bank in December, have been hit hard by the economic impact of the pandemic. At 53 years old, my mom began studying for the GED. She had enrolled in GED courses twice before, but dropped out because there just weren’t enough hours in the day to juggle school, work, three daughters and a disabled husband. This time, however, was going to be different. In her own words: “I’m not stopping. I want to prove to myself that I can do this, even if I reach retirement age before I finish.”

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