Oakland plans to hand out cash, but only to minorities
Whites excluded from city's basic-income test project
By WND StaffPublished March 25, 2021 at 2:43pm
Officials in Oakland, California, have announced the launch of a program to provide a basic income to qualifying families – who must be low-income and members of a minority in order to get access to the $500 a month giveaway.
The New York Post said the money for the handouts, some $7 million, was raised by Oakland Resilient Families..
Mayor Libby Schaaf reported, according to the Post, recipients will be families of color with at least one minor child and income of less than $30,000 a year.
"Under the plan, participants will be randomly selected, and white people — who earn three times as much as blacks on average in the city — are not eligible," the report said.
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"We have designed this demonstration project to add to the body of evidence, and to begin this relentless campaign to adopt a guaranteed income federally," the mayor said.
Multiple mayors around the nation have joined in a campaign to promote the idea, through "Mayors for a Guaranteed Income," and it is a central idea in Democrat Andrew Yang’s bid to become mayor in New York. He held the same position during his failed presidential run.
Michael Tubbs, the former mayor in Stockton, California, said in the report that several similar programs are supposed to be running by summer.
The Post reported, "It’s the first program to limit participation to people of color and indigenous communities — a nod to the legacy of the Black Panther Party, which was founded in Oakland."
The San Francisco newspaper said the program is to last 18 months, and the money does not come with job requirements.
https://www.wnd.com/2021/03/oakland-plans-hand-cash-minorities/
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