PR Newswire
As the affordability crisis continues to squeeze working families and an increasingly large majority of Americans struggle to make ends meet, state leaders are picking up the slack and bolstering economic stability for residents.
Guaranteed income policies, which provide recurring, unconditional cash payments to people in need, have been tested at the local level in hundreds of cities and counties across the nation. Building upon that body of evidence, Legislators for a Guaranteed Income says there are currently more than 20 bills in 11 states proposing some form of statewide guaranteed income program and at least 65 bills in another 15 states that would implement cash-based policies similar to guaranteed income.
In other words, over half the states in the country are now considering some form of guaranteed income legislation.
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