Boston might give away "free" money to get votes. They didn't put it that way. Instead, they said, Boston might give cash [communist universal basic income] for those who meet the definition of "just surviving." One councilor said: “We know that poverty is a policy failure,
There are no specifics to a pilot program yet. Supporting councilors would like to see the cash program cover families living below the poverty line, but administration officials warned that they could not yet predict how many people it would cover or how much it would cost.
Guaranteed income according to advocates is a way to lend a financial hand to people in need. And it’s an idea being tried out in cities across the country including Chelsea and Cambridge.
The Wu administration is exploring a guaranteed basic income program for low-income families in Boston, but concerns about cost, sustainability and the risk of creating a “benefits cliff” for qualifying applicants is giving the cabinet pause.