State-led basic incomes fail – the federal government needs to pay for it
Beam ’21 [Adam Beam has worked for the Associated Press for 9 years and has a BA in journalism from University of South Carolina-Columbia, 5/14/21, ‘California Budget has $35 Million for Basic Income Pilot Programs’, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/california-budget-has-35-million-for-basic-income-pilot-programs, PBS News] A.J.
Newsom’s proposal would not create a statewide guaranteed income program. Instead, it would help pay for local governments to start their own programs. Local governments would have to help pay for it — either using local taxpayer money or finding private donors — and the programs must target low-income families.
The state proposal is a milestone for Tubbs, who has said guaranteed income programs will only work long-term if they are run by the federal government. His goal has been to demonstrate that these programs work in the hopes of convincing Congress to pay for one nationwide.