I have many friends in Austin, but I'd like to single out two.
My two friends in Austin represent the "two Austins" very well. One is a college professor who along with his wife, does well enough to live in a nice neighborhood. The other works in the food service industry and lives with many roommates in order to eke out a meager existence...
At least 28 cities in the United States are experimenting with a guaranteed income program. Not all of them are the same or give out the same amount of money, but all are testing out a progressive policy that some Democrats want to roll out nationally, a universal basic income...