One of the most prevalent arguments that right-wing, Ayn Rand-loving cons give against the “socialist” idea of a universal guaranteed income is that “poor people” will just blow it on drugs and alcohol or other frivolous things. They also like to claim that it will be a disincentive for people to seek meaningful employment. They cling to this antiquated, Calvinistic belief despite evidence to the contrary.
The City of Stockton, California, is proving them wrong.
This past February, Stockton, located 50 miles south of the state capital of Sacramento, began an 18-month long experiment in which 125 people have been given […]
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