VIDEO: Tlaib Pitches Universal Welfare Bill for Under 30s

VIDEO: Tlaib Pitches Universal Welfare Bill for Under 30s

Rep. Rashida Tlaib has introduced legislation that would help provide guaranteed welfare for emancipated youths and adults under the age of 30 despite criticism by officials across the country against such programs.

The proposed bill would give qualifying adults more than $50,000 of taxpayer money over the span of 36 months.

The bill, known as the “Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act,” would provide “direct cash assistance” in the amount of $1,400 per month, or the adjusted fair market rent, for 36 months, according to a press release .Studies would assess “the effects of the program on housing and health […]

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