Tlaib introduces closest plan in Congress to universal basic income

Tlaib introduces closest plan in Congress to universal basic income

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has released a plan to spend trillions of federal dollars on direct cash subsidies to working class and poor Americans, including the unemployed and those with no earnings.

Tlaib’s bill would give direct cash help to those at the bottom of the income distribution – annually offering $3,000 to individuals and $6,000 to families – in an attempt to reduce poverty in the United States and bolster wages of the poor.

The Michigan lawmaker’s proposal expands on a bill from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., which would also direct trillions in tax credits to low-income Americans but offers […]

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