A couple of weeks ago, reports surfaced that Shreveport was selected as one of the first dozen cities to take part in a Universal Basic Income pilot program . The program will cover cities across the country like Newark, NJ; Columbia, SC; Atlanta, GA; Compton, CA. St. Paul, MN; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; Long Beach, CA; Holyoke, MA; Jackson, MS; Pittsburgh, PA; Adrian Perkins,Madison, WI; Oakland, CA, and Tacoma, WA.
The pilot program would dive monthly cash payments to households inside each city, including Shreveport. The design of the program is that the payments would have "no strings attached […]
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