{"id":330998,"date":"2022-12-27T19:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/?p=330998"},"modified":"2022-12-27T02:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T07:24:11","slug":"over-80-cities-and-counties-used-federal-pandemic-aid-to-fund-universal-basic-income-handouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/2022\/12\/over-80-cities-and-counties-used-federal-pandemic-aid-to-fund-universal-basic-income-handouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 80 Cities and Counties Used Federal Pandemic Aid to Fund Universal Basic Income Handouts"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Jose Nino, Big League Politics<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Currently, there are at least 82 municipalities in 29 states conducting universal basic income experiments. This includes over 70 pilot programs created during the past year per a coalition of over 100 American mayors pushing the UBI.<\/p>\n According to a\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0by John Haughey of The Epoch Times, Mayors for Guaranteed Income and its coalition members are calling on local governments to roll out pilot programs with federal pandemic assistance from a $350 billion fund for state and local governments within the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), enacted in March 2021.<\/p>\n