Texas state lawmaker criticizes ‘universal basic income’ programs: ‘We can’t just hand out money like popcorn on street corners’

Texas state lawmaker criticizes 'universal basic income' programs: 'We can't just hand out money like popcorn on street corners'

A Texas state senator said a Texas-based basic income plan will "hand out money like popcorn."

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt asked the state attorney general to declare it unconstitutional.

A state senator continues to attack guaranteed basic income plans after a Houston-area program announced it would deliver $500 a month to some of the region’s poorest residents.State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Republican from Houston, sent a letter to the state’s attorney general in January asking him to declare the Harris County income plan unconstitutional.Bettencourt’s request came on the same day that the program — called Uplift Harris — started […]

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