Bill Would Ban Basic Income Programs

Des Moines, Iowa – A bill to ban guaranteed income programs in Iowa is eligible for debate in the Iowa House. The bill would affect the UpLift pilot program in Polk, Warren and Dallas Counties which is giving 110 low income households five-hundred dollars a month. The bill would let those payments continue until next January – four months before the program is scheduled to end. Republican Representative Steven Holt of Denison says government programs should connect people to jobs.

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