4 red states have put laws in place banning cities and counties from implementing Universal Basic Income programs

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“After years of momentum behind guaranteed income programs that disburse no-strings-attached cash, the backlash has arrived in force,” writes Sarah Holder in an article for Bloomberg.

More than 100 pilots have been launched in cities and counties across the United States since 2018. But this legislative session, lawmakers in South Dakota, Idaho, and Iowa passed legislation barring state and local governments from making guaranteed income payments. At least another seven other states have tried or are trying: Arkansas successfully banned localities from creating universal basic incomes in 2023; Arizona, Wisconsin, and Mississippi tried to pass similar legislation this year but failed; West Virginia has introduced a bill this year that has not yet come up for vote. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxon has also sued Harris County, which includes Houson, over its just-launched pilot, Holder reports.

Guaranteed income programs “distribute money at regular intervals to specific populations in need, like low-income residents, or new mothers or homeless youth. Unlike other social safety net programs, they don’t typically ask recipients to meet any conditions in exchange for the money or use it in particular ways. They are also said to be more efficient than other government programs saddled with red tape and administrative burdens,” writes Holder. Universal basic income follows the same principles, but all residents within a community, not just select populations, receive a set payment.

Opponents of these programs say they will deter people from working and say they are merely efforts to expand welfare. However, Holder reports increased full-time employment rates among participants in a guaranteed income program in Stockton, California, as well as reported improvements in participants’ physical and mental health in other pilots. Programs across the country, including a recent pilot in Austin, Texas, are also reporting increased housing stability among low-income recipients, who spent the majority of their payments on housing and other essentials like food.



Source: States Are Banning Guaranteed Income Programs
 

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We gotta save everybody?!
:francis::francis::francis:
But, you see, this the problem...
Why when I ask what black people gone do you assume it gotta be 'bout black people saving everybody else?
What are black people going to do?
We gotta save everybody?!
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:francis::francis::francis:
Shyt wasn't even bait, and you went 'head and projected on me.
 

ItsPeople

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I wonder why lowering taxes is never an option :jbhmm:


The outcome would be the same. Finance brehs am I wrong?
 

Richard Glidewell

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:francis::francis::francis:
But, you see, this the problem...
Why when I ask what black people gone do you assume it gotta be 'bout black people saving everybody else?


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:francis::francis::francis:
Shyt wasn't even bait, and you went 'head and projected on me.
Didn't project. Just asked. I don't know you or what you feel so asked.......Das it
 

Richard Glidewell

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I wonder why lowering taxes is never an option :jbhmm:


The outcome would be the same. Finance brehs am I wrong?
Not for everyone......tax code is convoluted to allow for rich folks to hide and move money and still be on the right side of the regulations.........if it was simplified or a flat tax was instate they would be paying more taxes and unable to legally hide money
 
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