Many Americans are familiar with reports of the shootings and violence that regularly come out of Chicago, Illinois. The recurrent bouts of violence occur in spite of the heavy gun control laws currently on the books in Chicago. It’s almost as if criminals do not adhere to gun control laws!
However, Chicago is back in the news again, albeit for a very different reason. Earlier this week, Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot released a new proposed city budget to the tune of $16.7 billion.
Of this $16.7 billion, some of these funds would provide ongoing, monthly $500 payments to poor families in Chicago.
The proposed Chicago “cash assistance program”
Mayor Lightfoot’s proposed monthly payments fall right under the umbrella of universal basic income that Democrats have pushed for quite some time now. Presently, the Democrat mayor of Chicago believes that having the federal government just give low-income families an extra $500 per month will help them financially.
The percentage of Chicago residents living in poverty ranges from 18% to 20%. Furthermore, the report announcing Lightfoot’s program also directly references universal basic income initiatives that are prevalent in deeply leftist states like New York and California.
