迈克尔Tubbs

2023年6月16日

新纪录片着眼于“保证收入的影响”项目由梅根Cerullo / MoneyWatch仅仅几年前,给人们钱不附加任何条件的想法被认为是可笑的在主流政策圈子。本周,纪录片在所谓的“保证收入”项目在翠贝卡电影节首映,突显了多少货币了。电影”,这是基本的,”参与担保,或基本收入试点项目在美国,凸显了变革性影响正常发薪日为美国人难以维持生计。由迈克尔•Tubbs斯托克顿的前市长,加州和创始人的市长保证收入,这部电影的目的是既要进一步规范化等政策的支持需要帮助的人,提高当地社区,并改善许多社会和经济问题困扰美国。100多个城市在美国目前驾驶基本收入项目。本片讲述五个基本收入接受者在不同的城市,其主任马克·莱文告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。Tubbs,谁是第一个美国市长在2018年推出一个基本的收入项目,说情绪已经转移这些年来他开始发放500美元,一些居民无附加条件的现金津贴。最近,惊人的食品价格上涨,住房和其他必需品的日常生活使得需要创建一个收入地板对许多美国人来说更为紧迫,他说。“我和我所有的笑话市长、县官方朋友他们很容易在很多方面现在人们说,是的…在我们的社区,我们需要一个有保证的收入”Tubbs说。“现在我们有市长、县官员使用公共美元,使用COVID钱,使用纳税人的钱。” Levin highlighted some of the positive effects basic income can have on recipients . He said one of the film's main characters, a single mother and school bus driver, likened having cash in hand to fueling her car. "Put a little gas in my tank and I'll show you how far I can go," she said in the film. "$500 is not that much money, but it can make a world of difference in people's lives," Levin told CBS News. "Especially people who are trying to move forward, who want to see a better life for their children, who want to help people." Notably, the basic income recipients shown in the film are employed in fields including nursing, social work or transportation, but don't earn enough to stay above water. "They're essential workers. They're doing jobs we need, they're helping other people, but they can barely make it by," Levin said. "We're seeing what can happen" Tubbs said he's encouraged by the sheer number of programs that have sprouted up across the U.S., while he continues to push for basic income to become national policy. "For example, we saw with the child tax credit, a nationwide experiment with guaranteed income, that child poverty fell by 40%, but we didn't renew that policy," Tubbs said. "A big part of the work by this film and a big part of the work of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income is we're seeing what can happen." Pilot guaranteed income program participants across the U.S. used their stipends to pay off credit card debt, get their cars fixed and buy clothing for their children. Rather than discouraging recipients from working, such initiatives often help people get higher-paying jobs or transition from part-time to full-time work, advocates of the programs say. Research also shows guaranteed income improves recipients' physical and psychological health by reducing stress and anxiety. As Tubbs put it, "they're not suffocated by economic insecurity." Tubbs added: "So I'm excited about what would happen if it was actually a permanent policy and people had longer amounts of time to respond to market pressures, to invest in themselves, to go to job training and all the things we know that we've seen repeatedly over this country that people do when they're given this little bit of money and real opportunity." Trending News