The city of Stockton, Calif., which launched a universal basic income pilot program earlier this year, will listen to stories from a select group of recipients of the no-strings-attached cash by the end of April, adding tangible anecdotes to the national political conversation on income inequality ahead of 2020. NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST CITY PLANS TO TEST UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAMThe Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, a pilot program on universal basic income, launched in February, the Los Angeles Times reported. Over 100 residents from the city’s lower-income neighborhoods will be administered $500 a month via debit cards for the next year and a half. Stockton became the first to move ahead on a universal income pilot, as other U.S. cities, including Newark, NJ and Chicago, consider similar programs that would deal out monthly payments to struggling residents. Further research should reveal how basic income programs could be sustained by local or federal governments on a more permanent basic.

Source: Fox News April 17, 2019 08:26 UTC