“The key to revitalizing the city is lifting people out of poverty.” Mayor of Stockton, California Michael Tubbs is very charismatic when it comes to helping the citizens in his town. Tubbs has secured a three million dollar grant in the state of California many families don't experience what he went through in his childhood. Only 125 people were selected to receive the monthly stipend of about $500 for a trial period of about 18 months. They were chosen in a simplistic manner, the mayor sent a survey to about 4200 homes in neighborhoods where the city’s median income was at or below $46,033. About 478 residents responded to the survey which led to break up the group into an experimental group of 125 and a control group consisting of 200 people who received gift cards for the share of their information. How is the money used? As of the release of this article in October of 2019, the program had been going on for a solid five months. The data shows that 40% of the purchases were on food, 24% was on home goods and clothing, and 12% on utilities. A remainder of about 24% was transferred to savings or checking account for cash purposes. Tubbs said that the money provided through the stipend is used to better the residents of Stockton and their families. He adds, people haven't been looking at this city as a solution for themselves. The funds came from a private foundation called the economic security project. It is collected from the facebook co-founder Chris Hughes. The committee has to select a town each year, and thankfully Mayor Tubbs secured this year’s funds. Doing this experiment is beneficial for the whole country… If we were to implement a $100 stipend for every living person in America, that would set us back over $3 trillion in any given year. That is almost 75% of the total federal spending. We would lose benefits like Social Security, Medicaid, food stamps and more. Sammy Caiola Capital Public Radio. (2019, October 3). Stockton's Income Experiment Offers Residents a Glimpse of the California Dream. Retrieved from https://www.kqed.org/news/11777782/income-experiment-offers-stockton-residents-a-glimpse-at-the-california-dream.
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