A state senator in Texas says one state county’s universal basic income program that would give people $500 a month is unconstitutional.
Republican state Sen. Paul Bettencourt sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Jan. 12 asking if the program enacted in Harris County, which includes Houston, last year in a 4-1 vote violated the gift prohibition clause in the state’s constitution, Fox News reported .
“We just can’t hand out money like popcorn on street corners to people that walk by,” Bettencourt told Fox News.“If you advertise what’s clearly a no-strings universal basic income, and you do […]
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