Thanks to the Honorable Michael Tubbs for sharing this book. I am reminded that #guaranteed_basic_income is not the problem; it is a remedy for #poverty and an unjust economy that favors the rich at the expense of people, planet, and #prosperity for all. @mayorsforagi

@guardian yet another absurdly cruel systemic stupidity that would cease to exist if we introduced #ubi #guaranteed_basic_income

$500 a Month, No Strings: Chicago Experiments With a #Guaranteed_Basic_Income
28.02.23 | Jonathan Weisman
Chicago and the surrounding suburbs of Cook County are conducting the largest experiment of its kind in the nation, an effort to supply thousands of residents with a basic level of subsistence, not in the form of food, housing or child care — just cash.
https://basicincometoday.com/500-a-month-no-strings-chicago-experiments-with-a-guaranteed-basic-income/

St. Louis officials explore $5 million plan to guarantee income for poor residents
04.11.22 | Austin Huguelet
Mayor Tishaura O. Jones’ administration is pushing a plan to pay for a #guaranteed_basic_income program, a signature priority aimed at lifting up the city’s poor . . .
https://basicincometoday.com/st-louis-officials-explore-5-million-plan-to-guarantee-income-for-poor-residents/

University of Illinois researchers micro-piloting guaranteed basic income for 10 homeless families
25.10.2022 | Ethan Simmons
A University of Illinois research team is “micro-piloting” a #guaranteed_basic_income program for 10 local families with school-age children, to investigate whether transferring cash with no strings attached can decrease the number of students experiencing sheltered homelessness in the county.
https://basicincometoday.com/university-of-illinois-researchers-micro-piloting-guaranteed-basic-income-for-10-homeless-families/

Los Angeles County’s #guaranteed_basic_income program is underway, . . .
31.08.2022 | BasicIncomeToday
The recipients were chosen randomly from more than 180,000 people who applied for the program.
https://basicincometoday.com/los-angeles-countys-guaranteed-basic-income-program-is-underway-with-1000-residents-now-receiving-1000-a-month-for-the-next-three-years/

Is Universal Basic Income Part of a Just Transition?
01.07.2022 | JOHN FEFFER
In the remote rural village of Dauphin, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, economists tried out an unusual experiment. In the 1970s, they persuaded the provincial government to give cash payments to poorer families to see if a #guaranteed_basic_income could improve their outcomes. During the years of this “Mincome” experiment, families received a basic income of 16,000 Canadian dollars.
https://basicincometoday.com/is-universal-basic-income-part-of-a-just-transition/