Michael Tubbs, the 26-year-old mayor of Stockton, California, thinks handing out $6,000 a year to low-income residents (with no strings attached) is the way to lift people out of poverty.
“Stockton is absolutely Ground Zero for a lot of the issues we’re facing as a nation,” Tubbs told CBS San Francisco (video below). “Ideally, I would like to serve 100 families for 18 months at $500 a month.” Michael Tubbs, the 26-year-old mayor of Stockton, California, supports a “universal basic income” of handing out $6,000 a year, no strings attached. (screenshot) Stockton is experimenting with a welfare program called “universal […]
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