Interest in programs that promise a guaranteed level of income to recipients in participating cities -- sometimes called a universal basic income or guaranteed income program -- has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic.
That's arguably at least partly a result of people seeing the fruits of this kind of thing for themselves. In the before times, people might have regarded them through mostly a political lens. When, as a consequence, it was much easier to be dismissive of such efforts as too big-government. Think about the idea that government should guarantee health care to people, including paying for it. That used to be one of the most bitterly contested political disputes in this country. Now, thanks to the coronavirus? People expected the government to pay for testing, for vaccination, and for care associated with contracting the disease. The pandemic wiped out businesses and pummeled many state and local economies, which is also why people turned to the government for stimulus checks and other financial aid.
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