Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 1:51 PM
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Mountain View accepts $100,000 grant for universal basic income program
Original post made on Jun 15, 2022
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 1:51 PM
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a resident of Rex Manor
on Jun 15, 2022 at 11:14 pm
Nora S. is a registered user.
Hmm, let's see: $500 times 12 months times 166 families equals $996,000. But the program budget is $1.4 million. So it takes $404,000 to dole out $996,000. That means that the administrative overhead of the program is 29% of the cost of the program. Compare that to federal programs like SSI, SNAP, school lunch vouchers, housing vouchers, or Medicaid—these all spend less than 8% of their budget on administration. Why is our local program so inefficient?
a resident of Jackson Park
on Jun 18, 2022 at 9:46 am
Jed is a registered user.
I’m delighted at the news of the grant, but I’m a little confused by the first sentence of the article. It says “Mountain View's guaranteed basic income pilot program will live to see another year.” Does that mean that this grant will fund the program for an additional year beyond its original schedule? _Voice_, can you clarify what that sentence means?
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Jun 20, 2022 at 11:46 am
Ok is a registered user.
If “program will be limited to 166 randomly selected” it cannot be “universal”. What a stupid waste of money.
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