Tag: guaranteed income

Via City News Service,

The Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 6 to expand its “Breathe” guaranteed-income program to provide financial stipends to more than 2,000 non-minor dependents in the foster care system. Holly Mitchell, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, speaks to the media in Los Angeles on April 1, 2021. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) In addition to the stipends, the foster dependents will also have access to career and education counseling, financial empowerment training, housing and other programs as recommended by the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs’ Center for Financial Empowerment.

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Amid a host of persistent and growing financial challenges, a new survey by Equitable reveals a large share of Americans have lost hope on reaching a long-enshrined milestone.

According to the research, which drew from a poll of more than 1,000 participants, revealed nearly half of American consumers believe retiring at the age of 65 is realistic. Rather than 65, a full 47 percent of respondents expect they’ll retire nearly a decade later at the ripe old age of 74.

The study respondents pointed to several challenges in achieving retirement security including rising living expenses (68 percent), insufficient savings (66 percent), […]

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New research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows Americans are cautiously confident about their retirement prospects. However, confidence comes from understanding, and many individuals are confused about the different terminology used for income related to retirement planning. A pair of recent BenefitsPro articles addressed these seemingly disparate yet related topics.

The first article highlighted the results of an EBRI survey , which found that although retirement confidence has increased slightly, only 2 in 10 workers are confident that they’ll have enough money to live comfortably in retirement. And workers still have plenty of concerns when it comes to […]

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Good news if you live in California: New $500/monthly payments in Stimulus Checks for thousands of Americans 1 To ease the economic hardship that many families are going through, several states in the United States are coming up with stimulating stimulus programs. These programs, mainly targeting households below the poverty line, seek to mitigate the aftermaths of COVID-19 on the economy, including inflation, which is on an upward trend.

Even though EIPs are over for the federal government, local and state governments have taken over provisions of long-term relief to help Americans struggling with financial issues and fear for their […]

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In the film "Men in Black," a pen-like device causes people to forget everything they have seen and heard. Actor Will Smith calls it a "flashy thing."

It appears the media and Democrats are metaphorically using a similar device, hoping voters will forget everything Vice President Kamala Harris has said and done in the past–even the recent past–and accept that what she is saying today are her true beliefs, even when they contradict previous statements and supposed "convictions."

There is so much the media and Harris’ fellow Democrats want to forget she said and did that the flashy thing might need […]

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Khalil Bendib / OtherWords.org What "mass deportation now" really means.

By Peter Certo | August 7, 2024

We’ve got a great package for you this week.To start, DACA recipient Alliyah Lusuegro explains what’s really at stake for families like hers — and the rest of our country — in the debate over “mass deportation,” which has become a cruel rallying cry for conservative politicians and interest groups.And in another deeply personal piece, Leon Bensen shares how a false accusation landed him in prison for 25 hard years before he was exonerated. Now an advocate for returning citizens, Leon says simple, […]

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