Additionally, Mayor Tubbs is convinced the program will make people work better, harder, and smarter. It will also allow them to do other things such as spend time with their families.
The Stockton Mayor said, “We’re not robots. We’re not just designed just to work all day and run a rat race.”
Funding for guaranteed basic income will not come from taxpayers
Furthermore, Mayor Tubbs made it clear that the city will not use taxpayers’ money to finance the guaranteed basic income program. According to him, Stockton received a $1 million grant from the Economic Security Project to test the program.
“It doesn’t cost taxpayers anything. It’s paid from $1.2 million in philanthropic funding.”
When asked if he envisions the program to cover everyone in Stockton, Mayor Tubbs replied, “I think for something like this to work on a city level, it has to be a state or national policy. But again, before we can even call for that, we need to see if it works and we need to try it.”
