About 3 years ago

07/09/2021 - Most Americans Support Guaranteed Income. Here’s How We Are Working As Mayors To Make It A Reality

– TIME
New polling by Data for Progress and Mayors for a Guaranteed Income shows just how far we’ve come—a bipartisan majority of Americans support both guaranteed income and the CTC expansion. This is a distinct shift from the last national poll conducted by Pew in August of 2020, which found that only a minority of voters supported basic income.
– The Wall Street Journal
Millions of Americans say they can’t find a job. Millions of employers say they can’t find workers. A reason for this mismatch is that people are leaving cities or industries where businesses need them most.
– Bloomberg
People have been looking around for signs of permanent pandemic fallout. Well if this trend holds, it may reshape everyday life in America: More than half of hospitality workers—those folks who serve you in restaurants, bars and hotels—say they won’t go back to their old jobs, with more than one-third adding they won’t return to the industry at all.
– Nation’s Restaurant News
The IRC has submitted a FOIA request for more details on applicant submissions, process of approval and whether or not they were considered priority applicants.