With social safety net programs at risk, we need to aim for bold policies like guaranteed income to support low-income marginalized families.
Too many U.S. families lack access to childcare, transportation, safe housing and nutritious food. We need federal programs that address these issues, while avoiding unnecessary and stigmatizing restrictions.With social safety net programs constantly on Congress’ chopping block, it’s not enough to just protect those programs. U.S. lawmakers need to aim for new bold policies like guaranteed income that support marginalized families, and respect and uplift the value of caretaking.
Guaranteed income provides unrestricted payments regardless of work status, meaning that caregivers are compensated for their unpaid labor that is too often devalued by government policies. To be clear, the vast majority of guaranteed income recipients “The politicians who believe programs like MMT discourage people from working are wrong. That money is an incentive. It allows us to take care of things that we weren’t able to get on a day-to-day basis before. Benefits programs like SNAP and TANF aren’t thinking about our other expenses: car payments, car insurance, and all the other things you need.”
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