Republican lawmakers in Arizona are joining a chorus of conservatives across the country trying to ban basic income programs, which offer residents no-strings-attached payments.

Arizona state lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban any municipality or county from making payments to a person as part of a guaranteed basic income program. The law, House Bill 2375, describes a “guaranteed income program” as any program where someone receives payments that are “unearned” and can be used for any reason.

  • @Voroxpete
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    37 months ago

    “unearned”

    Yes. That’s the fucking point.

    The idea that people have to “earn” the right to exist is a cancerous stain on our collective souls.