So, I saw this article here, saying Bonnie Coleman (D-NJ) is pushing for a basic income pilot. It's also cosponsored by AOC and some others, which I will be discussing a bit more later. I seriously doubt this passes, but I like this. Essentially they want a trial of 12000 people with a 6000 person control in which a monthly UBI is given to people based on the fair market value of rent in their zip code. So it's not really a true UBI, but no UBI trial really is. Regardless, for a trial, this is amazing. The trial will last a total of three years.
I am very happy to see congress considering this. I always give politicians crap for not pushing UBI, and now they're pushing UBI. So I'm giving credit where credit is due. Also, AOC is on board with this, and since I'm tired of hearing from both the Jimmy Dore left, and from some pissed off Yang Gang, let's just say it, AOC is NOT a sell out. She's one person in a position of limited power and has to work around that. And the reason she ripped Yang for Israel was because she deserved it and liked Wiley, there I said it. But hey shes pushing us toward UBI now, so, let's not be too mean about it.
I like this. I think it's a promising sign that the government is starting to take UBI seriously again, and I like the fact that it's looking at that.
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