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Readers Write: Legal marijuana, guaranteed income, self-segregation in schools

Readers Write: Legal marijuana, guaranteed income, self-segregation in schools

Letters Legal weed, a bad idea? How?

People pass an oversized joint on the steps of the Capitol in St. Paul in 2018 at an event to raise awareness for state and federal marijuana legalization. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune) Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here .

••• In his commentary “Maybe legalizing weed wasn’t such a great idea” (Aug. 15), Tyler Cowen, an economics professor, completely fails to provide evidentiary support for his position.By searching for an economic justification for legalization, Cowen ignores society’s desire to […]

Assembly Committee Blocks Bill That Would Have Guaranteed Basic Income For Unhoused Youth

Assembly Committee Blocks Bill That Would Have Guaranteed Basic Income For Unhoused Youth

Special to the Vanguard
San Jose, CA – Senator Dave Cortese on Friday issued a terse statement after the California Assembly Appropriations Committee blockage of his Senate Bill 333 (SB 33).
“We can’t keep graduating more than 15,000 students each year into our streets, creeks and parks. As part of our state’s budget, we invested more than $24 billion to combat the lack of affordable housing and increasingly rampant homelessness we see daily out in our streets, and yet, my colleagues on the Assembly Appropriations Committee still failed thousands of young people across the state by holding my […]

Texas county reworks guaranteed income program after legal blow by state’s supreme court

Texas county reworks guaranteed income program after legal blow by state’s supreme court

Harris County, Texas leaders on Thursday approved changes to a guaranteed income program after it was challenged and struck down by the state’s Supreme Court.

"Hundreds of Harris County families were counting on $500 monthly payments back in April to help lift them out of poverty, and they were left in the lurch because of Texas state leaders’ political posturing," Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a press release .

Due to the legal challenges against the guaranteed income program, Uplift Harris, the Harris County Commissioners Court placed restrictions on the program participants’ spending. Under the new version of […]

Task force recommends universal basic income for at-risk families in NM • Source New Mexico

Task force recommends universal basic income for at-risk families in NM • Source New Mexico

r/BasicIncome – Task force recommends universal basic income for at-risk families in NM • Source New Mexico Vamproar

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It’s not UBI if it’s just for one type of person… still BI, but no U… Ewlyon • 7h ago I also wonder if people would get means-tested out of it as they get on their feet. That really feels like the other secret sauce, that you won’t lose the benefit just because you make a few thousand dollars a year… Top 2% Rank by size r/BasicIncome yahoo 143 upvotes · 25 comments r/BasicIncome Former President Trump […]

Universal Basic Income Explained: Benefits, Challenges, and Who Can Receive It

Universal Basic Income Explained: Benefits, Challenges, and Who Can Receive It

Universal Basic Income Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a financial concept where everyone in a specific group or region receives a regular amount of money from the government. This payment is given to everyone, regardless of their income, and is meant to cover basic living expenses like food and housing. The idea is to ensure that everyone has enough money to live comfortably, allowing people to pursue education, start businesses, or work less if they choose, without the stress of financial insecurity.

UBI works like a monthly allowance that is large enough to cover essential needs. It’s designed to help […]

Sen. Cortese’s Statement on SB 333 – Guaranteed Basic Income for Unhoused Youth

Sen. Cortese's Statement on SB 333 - Guaranteed Basic Income for Unhoused Youth

SAN JOSE, CA – Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) joined the Economic Security California Action organization in issuing the following statements regarding the California Assembly Appropriations Committee blockage of his Senate Bill 333 (SB 33).

“We can’t keep graduating more than 15,000 students each year into our streets, creeks and parks. As part of our state’s budget, we invested more than $24 billion to combat the lack of affordable housing and increasingly rampant homelessness we see daily out in our streets, and yet, my colleagues on the Assembly Appropriations Committee still failed thousands of young people across the state by […]

$18,000,000 Allocated for ‘No Strings Attached’ Guaranteed Income Payments in Major US City

$18,000,000 Allocated for ‘No Strings Attached’ Guaranteed Income Payments in Major US City

A guaranteed income program on the West Coast is preparing to hand out millions of dollars to support at-risk youth.

Los Angeles County’s guaranteed income program Breathe is expanding, set to hand out around $18 million with no strings attached to people transitioning out of the foster care system.

The program is gearing up to double the number of participants. “The program’s expansion, adopted by the Board of Supervisors (Los Angeles County’s governing body) on Tuesday, August 6th, will provide 2,000 foster youth between the ages of 18 and 21 with $500 monthly or $1,500 quarterly stipends for up to 18 […]

Harris proposes $6,000 tax credit for new parents

Harris proposes $6,000 tax credit for new parents

r/BasicIncome – Harris proposes $6,000 tax credit for new parents movdqa

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I like the idea but I’ve heard that one problem that parents can have is the cost of going through the birth process at a hospital with new parents coming out with more than that $6K in uncovered costs. I suspect that it’s due to deductibles. This is more of a function of health insurance undercoverage than basic income.There are also new child expenses for baby and mother healthcare visits and setting up for the baby.We had our kids in the 1980s and 1990s and […]

Will Sutton: Want $50 a week or $3,000 a year? Guaranteed basic income might be the ticket

Will Sutton: Want $50 a week or $3,000 a year? Guaranteed basic income might be the ticket

NO.ubistudy.081324_466.JPG (copy) For many, universal basic income programs are creative, poverty-prevention concepts with data to prove they work. Others think they are a crazy, wacko, socialist idea that has no place in a capitalist, free-market society.

This fall, a guaranteed income program that focused on New Orleans high school students will expand its $50 weekly automatic payment plan from 20 students to 1,600. Reporter Marie Fazio reported that The Rooted School program has seen promising success with a one-year pilot. The expanded program will include more students and feature a three-year commitment.

Some high school seniors will participate in a program […]

Harris County leaders launch backup plan following blocked Uplift Harris

Harris County leaders launch backup plan following blocked Uplift Harris

Harris County lawmakers are making a second attempt at Uplift Harris, a guaranteed income program that was blocked by the Texas Supreme Court.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County leaders are making a second attempt at a guaranteed basic income plan that has been held up by the Texas Supreme Court.

Uplift Harris was Harris County’s plan to provide $500 checks to low-income families in the area as financial assistance.However, critics, including the state’s top lawyer, said the program violates the state’s constitutional ban on gifting public tax dollars to individuals.The program unveiled Thursday would have restrictions on […]