Philly Joy Bank
Philly Joy Bank dishes out cash to pregnant women
This pilot program plays out against the larger backdrop of a universal basic income.
Politics
A million for every American
Although it has been tried here and there, a guaranteed annual wage didn’t become a thing until it was raised by 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Wang, who called it a universal basic wage. The guy who liked math proposed giving every American adult $1,000 a month, free
Coronavirus
Virus: Gut check on free stuff
Let’s look at the new economy, being shaped by World War III, against the coronavirus. If 78% of Americans were living paycheck-to-paycheck before World War III started, where are they now, when so many are receiving no paycheck? If only 39% of Americans could withstand a $1,000 emergency
Politics
Dems: Cheaper by the dozen?
Before delving into the Tuesday night debate among a dozen Democratic hopefuls, here’s a pop quiz: Name the Starbucks multimillionaire who was going to run as an independent because too many of the Dems were too far left. Time’s up. It was Howard Schultz. He removed himself for