Tag: guaranteed income

What is Hartford’s universal basic income program and when will it start?

What is Hartford’s universal basic income program and when will it start?

Hartford has created a task force that has been developing a plan to launch a universal basic income pilot program. HARTFORD — The city is moving forward with a planned universal basic income pilot program, but it likely won’t start until at least 2023, according to officials working on the project.

The project started when the City Council voted to create a task force that would research and submit a report about the feasibility of executing a UBI program in the city. The task force ultimately sent that report back to the city in December, and the project has since […]

Bill Status of HB5054

102nd General Assembly

Short Description: DHS-GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT

House SponsorsRep. LaToya Greenwood Last ActionStatutes Amended In Order of AppearanceSynopsis As Introduced Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a 2-year Guaranteed Income for Women Pilot Program to provide guaranteed monthly income for women who reside in the cities of East St. Louis and Cahokia Heights. Provides that under the pilot program, 650 eligible women with income at or below the poverty line shall receive an $850 cash payment each month for the duration of the pilot program. Provides that […]

Writing in the Green Party ticket for Gov.-Lt. Gov. is the best option this November

Writing in the Green Party ticket for Gov.-Lt. Gov. is the best option this November

To the editor:

This November, only the Democratic and Republican candidates will appear on the ballot for New York state governor/lieutenant governor.

The absence of third parties is the result of “reforms” pushed through by the disgraced Andrew Cuomo. The state raised the requirement for a party to remain on the ballot from 50,000 votes for governor every four years to 130,000 votes or 2% of the total votes cast in each presidential or gubernatorial election (whichever is higher) and the signatures required for independent-candidate ballot access from 15,000 to 45,000.With Cuomo gone, the main beneficiary of these changes is his […]

Greek Prime Minister announces a 5.5 bln euros package during Thessaloniki Exhibition

Greek Prime Minister announces a 5.5 bln euros package during Thessaloniki Exhibition

South East European Cooperation Process (seecp) Summit In Thessaloniki Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis effectively launched the 86th Thessaloniki International Fair (Sep.10-18) with his speech at the ‘Ioannis Vellidis’ Congress Centre on Saturday night.

The Greek Premier announced a 5.5 bln euros package of 21 extraordinary and permanent measures that “do not throw off the fiscal balance,” and which will be rolled out at three specific points in time: “eight support measures for immediate implementation by the end of 2022; another 12 major and permanent changes, to be activated at the beginning of 2023, and to be integrated in the state […]

Can cities afford guaranteed income?

Can cities afford guaranteed income?

Some Cities Are Experimenting With Moderately Guaranteed Income Programs, But These Aren’t , [+] Universal Basic Income (UBI) program envisioned by Andrew Yang and others. getty In 2020, Andrew Yang focused his presidential campaign on “The Freedom Dividend”—a universal basic income (UBI). Although Yang’s candidacy (and offer) went nowhere, the idea of ​​a guaranteed income still lives on, and cities are experimenting with a more modest version of it. But these modest programs will not improve the welfare state or provide the broad changes needed to address inequality in cities and the nation.

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Can Cities Afford Guaranteed Incomes?

Can Cities Afford Guaranteed Incomes?

Some cities are experimenting with modest guaranteed income programs, but these are not the … [+] getty In 2020, Andrew Yang centered his presidential campaign on “ The Freedom Dividend ”—a universal basic income (UBI). Although Yang’s candidacy (and proposal) went nowhere, the idea of a guaranteed income is still alive, and cities are experimenting with a more modest version of it. But these modest programs won’t reform the welfare state or provide the broad changes needed to address inequality in cities and the nation.

The New York Times NYT +4% highlighted the issue today, saying that guaranteed income, […]

Affirmative action hurts Asian-Americans—but the left just shrugs

Affirmative action hurts Asian-Americans—but the left just shrugs

Asian-Americans protest at Harvard, whose admission policy limiting their number of places at the college will soon be considered by the Supreme Court. In her landmark 2003 opinion legalizing affirmative action in Grutter v. Bollinger, Sandra Day O’Connor famously wrote, “The Court expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary.”

This is the only time I can think of when the Supreme Court assigned an expiration date to a constitutional right. We’re coming up on Justice O’Connor’s deadline and — right on schedule — the Supreme Court is poised to end affirmative […]

The New & Lucrative Way to Convert Your 401(k) into Income

The New & Lucrative Way to Convert Your 401(k) into Income

Image shows a couple reviewing their retirement plan. Fidelity Investments plans to launch a new product next year that will allow individuals to shift a portion of their employer-sponsored retirement plan into an annuity. Creating reliable streams of retirement income is one of the most important elements of a person’s financial plan. A retirement industry giant says it now has a new way for retirees to meet this vital challenge.

Fidelity Investments plans to launch a new product next year that will allow individuals to shift a portion of their employer-sponsored retirement plan into an annuity. The offering, called Guaranteed […]

P.E.I. seniors struggling to make ends meet on fixed incomes

P.E.I. seniors struggling to make ends meet on fixed incomes

‘They’re sacrificing the things that give them joy,’ says MLA

In total, seniors’ benefits top out at about $35,000 a year before taxes. (Jaison Empson/CBC) Prince Edward Islanders have experienced the highest rate of inflation in Canada every month since March 2021 . It’s affecting everything — how much households are spending on food, gas for their cars, and electricity, just to name a few.

"We’re not running the roads like we used to be," said Marion Arsenault of Charlottetown. "We used to fill our car with gas. Now it’s $30 or $40 at a time."As seniors, Arsenault said she […]

The New & Lucrative Way to Convert Your 401(k) into Income

The New & Lucrative Way to Convert Your 401(k) into Income

Image shows a couple reviewing their retirement plan. Fidelity Investments plans to launch a new product next year that will allow individuals to shift a portion of their employer-sponsored retirement plan into an annuity. Creating reliable streams of retirement income is one of the most important elements of a person’s financial plan. A retirement industry giant says it now has a new way for retirees to meet this vital challenge.

Fidelity Investments plans to launch a new product next year that will allow individuals to shift a portion of their employer-sponsored retirement plan into an annuity . The offering, […]