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I m not a socialist and think that having the state pay citizens to survive is a sign of decline. Nonetheless, we are where we are. Currently,
we already have socialism for non-whites and for the very wealthy. Morally, electorally, and strategically, it s my view that it makes more sense for the authentic Right to champion universal access to programs on a non-racial basis. For white working-class people who need help, and, frankly, for working class blacks and Hispanics who receive far less than their more privileged co-ethnics on the affirmative action track, this is the best way forward.
I ve been advocating some version of Universal Basic Income since 2013. Of course, the devil is in the details and how it is done could turn this from a nation-destroying policy into a rebirth of the Right. However, the pandemic has made it more critical. Small businesses have been crushed by lockdowns, the disease itself, rising crime, and the collapse of public infrastructure. Considering
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By triggering $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of people and expanding the child tax credit for many families, the pandemic offered a clear takeaway for some officials: That putting tax dollars in people’s pockets is achievable and can be a lifeline to those struggling to get by.
Now a growing number of mayors and other leaders say they want to determine for sure whether programs like these are the best way to reduce poverty, lessen inequality and get people working.
In experiments across the country, dozens of cities and counties some using money from the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package approved in March and the state of California are giving some low-income residents a guaranteed income of $500 to $1,000 each month to do with as they please, and tracking what happens. A coalition known as Mayors for a Guaranteed Income plans to use the data collected alongside a University of Pennsylvania-based research center to lobby the White Hous
Posted : 2021-07-25 17:00 By Alexandra S. Wimberly and Shawna Murray-Browne
Overdose rates are higher in areas where people live in poverty and even higher among people of color living in poverty. In the last decade in Maryland, the proportion of opioid-overdose deaths involving Black people has continually risen, while the proportion involving white people has declined, mirroring nationwide trends. This past year, the disparity has worsened.
Drug-related deaths for Black Americans have persistently climbed. Within Maryland, Black people over 55 had more opioid-overdose deaths in 2020 than any other demographic, with 56.6 percent more deaths than white people over 55. It is perhaps no coincidence that nationally, Black people over 55 were 26 percent more likely than white people to lose their jobs between April and October of last year, as the pandemic swept the globe.
Free money for all? Mayors hope tests bring big change
Sara Burnett
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By triggering $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of people and expanding the child tax credit for many families, the pandemic offered a clear takeaway for some officials: That putting tax dollars in people’s pockets is achievable and can be a lifeline to those struggling to get by.
Now a growing number of mayors and other leaders say they want to determine for sure whether programs like these are the best way to reduce poverty, lessen inequality and get people working.
In experiments across the country, dozens of cities and counties some using money from the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package approved in March and the state of California are giving some low-income residents a guaranteed income of $500 to $1,000 each month to do with as they please, and tracking what happens.