Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2022 budget proposal includes a $500 per month cash assistance program for as many as 5,000 families in Chicago.
Reset talks to a former alderman who proposed a similar universal basic income program in 2018, and learns about a similar effort in Gary, Indiana.
GUESTS: Ameya Pawar, senior advisor at UChicago’s Inclusive Economy Lab, former 47th Ward alderman
Burgess Peoples, executive director of the Guaranteed Income Validation Effort in Gary, Indiana
