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.
I would argue that some lawmaker’s salaries are unearned.
There’s a lot that goes into being a lawmaker. Though one could argue that being in charge of one’s salary leads to stupidly high wages
“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.
This seems like the opposite direction to the way we should be heading. What actions can people take to fight this?
I really wish [email protected] were more active…