Michigan’s $55M experiment with guaranteed income begins with Flint moms | Bridge Michigan
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Michigan will experiment with guaranteed income in Flint, one of its poorest cities, giving expectant and new moms $7,500 — no strings attached — to lift the stress of poverty from their newborns.

FLINT—Eight days after entering the world, Khi’Meir Taylor made another debut — this time in what could be a national spotlight.

Wednesday was the first day of a $55 million experiment to test whether cash payments can protect children from the toxic stress of poverty.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
    112·
    1 year ago

    Agreed.

    I only wish it weren’t a state or local-level thing. If we can find hundreds of billions for other countries’ wars, in my mind, there’s no excuse for UBI not being the law at the federal level.

    • theprogressivist @lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      Same, although I do understand that at the moment, it’s only a local or state level thing because it’s still in its early stages. I feel like once enough states or cities experiment then we can gather all that data to create a national system based off what works and find ways to limit abuses on the system.