Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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: The expansion of the under the American Rescue Plan halved . When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up.

thenation.com/article/economy/

#americanfamilyact #child #taxcredits #poverty #guaranteedbasicincome

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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Alameda Post · @alamedapost
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Alameda’s guaranteed income pilot program, Rise Up Alameda, will begin accepting applications for eligible households at 9 a.m. on Friday, September 8. The new program will provide 150 randomly selected low-income households with $1,000 per month for 24 months.

alamedapost.com/news/guarantee

#alameda #alamedafreelibrary #alamedapointcollaborative #areamedianincome #guaranteedbasicincome #mastickseniorcenter #operationdignity #riseupalameda

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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: “Not having is time consuming. There are spent at laundromats, hours at bus stops, hours at free clinics, hours at thrift stores, hours on the phone with the or the card company or the phone company over some fee, some little charge, some mistake... the problems with an in which owners “win” by impoverishing ”.

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#taxonthepoor #money #hours #bank #credit #economic #system #property #renters #postalbanking #guaranteedbasicincome

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aijada · @aijada
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it's apparently at work. got the ol' two-week notice today. small town, not a lot of work to be dug up. job should've expanded but there just aren't all that many places looking for professional IT services here

can't just ditch responsibilities here, so will have to get creative about new income

OR, somehow trigger the arrival of and get everyone on

find a new job, or bring down the system?

#layoffseason #endstagecapitalism #guaranteedbasicincome

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Christopher-J 🇨🇦 he/him/his · @ChrJCarlson
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makes no headway on by treating symptoms, says economist — Poverty could be eliminated for $1B annually, says Herb Emery /

cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswi

#guaranteedbasicincome #poverty #newbrunswick

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Christopher-J 🇨🇦 he/him/his · @ChrJCarlson
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makes no headway on by treating symptoms, says economist — Poverty could be eliminated for $1B annually, says Herb Emery /

cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswi

#guaranteedbasicincome #poverty #newbrunswick

Last updated 2 years ago