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26-Yr-Old Mayor of Bankrupt City Will Give Free Money to the Poor, Implement ‘Universal Basic Income’

Published by:  Right Observer

By:  John S. Roberts


Stockton, California Mayor Michael Tubbs was endorsed by Barack Obama in 2016. He is 26 years old.

Even though Stockton went bankrupt in 2012, Tubbs plans to experiment with universal basic income.

In a nutshell, he’s giving free money to people in poverty – because that should do the trick, right?

From BizPac Review:

“Stockton is absolutely Ground Zero for a lot of the issues we’re facing as a nation,” Tubbs told CBS San Francisco (video below). “Ideally, I would like to serve 100 families for 18 months at $500 a month.”

Stockton is experimenting with a welfare program called “universal basic income,” which gives low-income residents $500 a month, no[…]

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