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.

  • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Calling it now: They’ll find that it works, but then nothing will change once the experiment concludes. Bought and paid for politicians will protect the wealthiest instead of allowing the poor enough to get by, doing everything they can to prevent UBI from being widely implemented.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      You kind of need to help pay for it by getting rid of government programs to allocate money piecemeal. That’s a huge change and a huge commitment, and politicians aren’t good at that.

      …. Although I don’t know why the libertarian and other small government folk haven’t latched onto that opportunity

      • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        You need to do way more than that. In addition to canceling pretty much every entitlement, you still need more money to give everyone a check.