America’s $125 MILLION ‘guaranteed income’ giveaway: Huge rise in taxpayer-funded programs offering no-string handouts of up to $36,000 – including D.C. scheme used by mom to buy $6K luxury Miami vacation
- Taxpayers have funded dozens of ‘guaranteed income’ schemes which offer no-strings cash handouts totaling up to $36,000 to families below the poverty line
- But the programs have been criticized after a mom-of-three in Washington, D.C. spent more than half of a $10,800 lump sum payout on a luxury holiday in Miami
- Advocates say the schemes – which allow participants to use the money for whatever they choose – lift people out of poverty and provide financial stability
Taxpayer-funded ‘guaranteed income’ programs that hand struggling families up to $36,000 with no strings attached are being rolled out across the country, DailyMail.com analysis reveals.
The schemes, whose total value exceeds $125 million, have surged in popularity since the pandemic as progressive leaders embrace cash handouts to support Americans below the poverty line.
But the radical projects have been criticized after it emerged one mother-of-three in Washington DC spent more than half of a $10,800 lump sum payment on a luxury holiday to Miami, along with a new wardrobe for her children and a ‘glow up’ for herself.
Canethia Miller, 27, spent $6,000 on the vacation for herself, her partner and their three children, purchased 15 new outfits for the children and spent $180 on a haircut. She was given the money through the first project in the country to offer money as a lump sum rather than monthly payments.
Similar programs in cities from Los Angeles to New York offer payments of up to $1,000 per month for three years with no conditions on how the cash is spent.