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Stockton mayor who pushed guaranteed income isn’t reelected

Stockton mayor who pushed guaranteed income isn't reelected

Rich Pedroncelli, ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One of the youngest mayors in the country, who garnered national attention for starting a privately funded program to give poor people $500 a month in guaranteed income, conceded that he lost his bid for reelection in his California city. View all (3)

Four years after winning more than 70% of the vote, Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, 30, lost by more than 10 percentage points.

He conceded the race to Kevin Lincoln on Tuesday after an update of counted ballots showed he trailed by nearly 12,000 votes, with fewer than 12,000 ballots […]

Task force in Ireland recommends 3-year basic income pilot for arts workers

Task force in Ireland recommends 3-year basic income pilot for arts workers

Clare Duignan (left), chairwoman of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, pictured with Minister for Culture and the Arts Catherine Martin. Photograph: Fennell Photography 2020 Three-year pilot, costing €2.5m per 1,000 participants, proposed by recovery taskforce

A proposal for a three-year pilot of a universal basic income in the arts, culture, audio visual and live performance and events sector has been backed unanimously by the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce appointed by Minister Catherine Martin. The basic, unconditional, opt-in wage for artists and cultural workers, based on the national Minimum Wage of €10.20 an hour, would be in lieu […]

Stockton mayor who pushed guaranteed income loses

(AP) — One of the youngest mayors in the country, who garnered national attention for starting a privately funded program to give poor people $500 a month in guaranteed income, conceded that he lost his bid for reelection in his California city.

Four years after winning more than 70% of the vote, Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, 30, lost by more than 10 percentage points.

He conceded the race to Kevin Lincoln on Tuesday after an update of counted ballots showed he trailed by nearly 12,000 votes, with fewer than 12,000 ballots left to count.“I am honored to have served as your […]

Stockton mayor who started guaranteed income program concedes defeat in reelection bid

Stockton mayor who started guaranteed income program concedes defeat in reelection bid

One of the country’s youngest mayors, who gained national attention for launching a private-sector funded program that gives poor people a guaranteed income of $ 500 a month, admits that they have lost a bid for re-election in California. I did.

Four years after winning more than 70 percent of the votes, Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, 30, lost more than 10 percent points.

He allowed the race to Kevin Lincoln on Tuesday. With the updated votes counted, he dragged nearly 12,000 votes, with less than 12,000 votes remaining.“I am honored to have served as your mayor, and I will continue to […]

How universal basic income can expand educational and career opportunities

How universal basic income can expand educational and career opportunities

A large crowd of people wait in line outside a food pantry at St. Bartholomew’s Roman Catholic Church in Elmhurst, Queens. In late October, Mayor Aja Brown of Compton, Calif., announced that the city will be launching a universal basic income (UBI) pilot program for 800 qualifying low-income residents later this year. Called the Compton Pledge, the program is funded entirely by private donations and will be the largest city-run UBI experiment in the nation in which recipients will receive monthly payments between $300 to $600 for a period of two years.

While UBI is not a new idea, more […]

Universal basic income to help artists

The payment is a key recommendation of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce report published yesterday.

The report sheds light on what Culture and Arts Mini s t e r C a t h e r i n e M a r t i n called “the dire crisis” the sector now faces.

She said the report highlights how Ireland’s “freelance community have seen income disappear, performers have no audience, cultural spaces remain empty, and lights have been turned off,” and that “it is now accepted that the impact will last longer for the thousands that work in arts and culture […]

Taskforce recommends basic income for artists

Taskforce recommends basic income for artists

Arts Recovery Taskforce Chairperson, Clare Duignan (left), and Minister for Arts and Culture, Catherine Martin (Photo: Government Information Services). in a comprehensive report to Culture and Arts Minister, Catherine Martin, the Government-appointed Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce has made wide-ranging recommendations, covering: income, taxation and financial provision measures;

education and training supports;

technology supports; mental health supports; social protection measures; copyright measures; establishment of a cross-sectoral implementation group to oversee and monitor the implementation of these recommendations. The key recommendation from the Taskforce in terms of income is for the Government to pilot a universal basic income scheme for […]

Iota zeroes in on Central America

A universal basic income (UBI) is regressive and means that large numbers of people have to be taxed more heavily, said Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum on Monday.

Responding to moderator and Bloomberg Quicktake chief correspondent Jason Kelly’s question on whether governments should institute a UBI, Mr Tharman called it a “bad idea” on two counts.

“The idea of giving everyone (the same) quantum of money is very different from giving the poor and the lower-middle-income group the support they need.”“The idea of giving everyone (the same) quantum of money is very different from giving the […]

A Fallback Position on Student Loan Relief

I’ve been thinking about Congress. For normal people, that’s not a good sign, but I’ll plead “recovering political scientist” on this one.

The House is still Democratic, but barely, and the coalition includes some folks from conservative districts who are wary of anything too progressive. The Senate is likely to remain Republican, but even if the Democrats win both Georgia runoffs and Vice President Harris gets to cast tiebreaking votes, the coalition will still have to carry folks like Senator Manchin, from West Virginia, whose voting record is less than solidly blue. And if historical patterns hold, the party of […]

UK MPs call for fair treatment of benefit fraud and error amid skyrocketing claims

UK MPs call for fair treatment of benefit fraud and error amid skyrocketing claims

Benefit fraud and error payments were an issue even before the COVID-19 crisis swept the country, with around £1 in every £10 of Universal Credit paid incorrectly. Photo: John Sibley/Reuters MPs have called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to tackle benefit fraud and error fairly, as numbers of claimants and incorrect payments hit a fever pitch over the last few months.

Warnings came from a Public Accounts Committee report released on Wednesday, advising the government against destabilising debt collection practices and potential discrimination, and bias in using artificial intelligence to tackle levels of benefit error and fraud.

Benefit […]