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The solution to poverty exists: send people money, without preconditions or red tape. This is what pandemic-era programs like stimulus checks and the Child Tax Credit have demonstrated. And in a state of enormous wealth, it is a moral duty to ensure that poverty is eradicated once and for all.

Ras J. BarakaMayor, Newark, NJ

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Poverty is the biggest issue. Everything we deal with stems from that. There’s so many people working incredibly hard, and if life happens, there’s no bottom.

Michael TubbsMayor, Stockton, CA

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I support a guaranteed income because even before the COVID-19 pandemic, our low-income families and residents were living paycheck-to-paycheck, and were unable to save for an emergency or find a path out of poverty. A guaranteed income would invest in and support those families and residents during a time they need it most.

Sumbul SiddiquiMayor, Cambridge, MA

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In a country that works for all of us, no one who works full-time should be stuck in poverty or worries about making ends meet. It’s time to reimagine and rethink our economic structures by piloting a guaranteed income.

Melvin CarterMayor, Saint Paul, MN