A century of guaranteed income – Chicago Reader

"The modern-day push for guaranteed income in Chicago can be traced back to former alderperson Ameya Pawar, who in June 2018 introduced a resolution to create a task force to study how Chicago could implement a universal basic income pilot...Proponents of guaranteed income in Chicago say that the economic impact of the pandemic and the influx of cash assistance programs, such as the city’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, shifted public opinion and paved the way for the pilot."
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nixit
3 years ago

Wow, the “modern-day push” for guaranteed income can be traced all the way back in time to…2018. Bravo, Reader.

PlunkYourMagicTwangerFroggy
3 years ago

As Jimmy “JJ” Walker says, “IT’S FREEEEEE”

Giddyap
3 years ago

This sort of basic income giveaway has failed to improve the lives of anyone, in any city where it has been tried

https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/commentary/universal-basic-income-has-been-tried-it-didnt-work

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