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TexasTowelie

(111,299 posts)
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 10:18 PM Sep 2019

California city experiments with universal basic income

Stockton, Calif. – Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to give cash to every American each month.

Susie Garza has never heard of Yang. But since February, she’s been getting $500 a month from a nonprofit in Stockton, California, as part of an experiment that offers something unusual in presidential politics: a trial run of a campaign promise, highlighting the benefits and challenges in real time.

Garza can spend the money however she wants. She uses $150 of it to pay for her cellphone and another $100 or so to pay off her dog’s veterinarian bills. She spends the rest on her two grandsons now that she can afford to buy them birthday presents online and let them get the big bag of chips at the 7-Eleven.

“I’ve never been able to do that. I thought it was just the coolest thing,” said Garza, who is unemployed and previously was addicted to drugs, though she said she has been sober for 18 years following a stint in prison. “I like it because I feel more independent, like I’m in charge. I really have something that’s my own.”

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/03/california-city-experiments-universal-basic-income/40066759/

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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
1. It's not really an experiment with "universal basic income" if you give it only to a few people...
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 10:29 PM
Sep 2019

and based on their income.

 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
2. UGH. That was confusing because California City is an actual city in california.
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 10:49 PM
Sep 2019

Didn't realize it was just talking about a city in California.

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