For one year, low-income families in Austin, Texas, received $1,000 a month to do whatever they wanted; they spent it on rent and “substantially" improved their situations.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a38nq/austin-gave-poor-families-a-basic-income-it-changed-their-lives?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #AUSTIN #andrewyang #stockton
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