Read previewRepublican lawmakers in Iowa are pulling out all the stops to block guaranteed basic income plans they described as "socialism on steroids."
Guaranteed basic income programs typically offer no-strings-attached cash to certain groups, like the poor or new mothers.
Universal basic income, its like-minded cousin, offers cash to entire populations regardless of income.
Numerous counties and cities, many of them in red states, across the United States have been experimenting with guaranteed basic income plans.
Holt called basic income programs an "attack on the work ethic in this country."
Persons:
—, Steve Holt, Skyler Wheeler, Holt, Wheeler, Tonaeya Moore, It's, Moore, Joe Biden's, Nalo Johnson, Johnson, MINCOME, Evelyn Forget, Forget
Organizations:
Service, Business, The Gazette, Baltimore Young, Tax, Iowa Health Foundation, Gazette
Locations:
Iowa, United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, Cedar Rapids, Flint , Michigan, Canada, Canadian