San Francisco launches transgender guaranteed income program

This is why the mainstream gets angry with "progressives". What if we lifted everyone out of poverty and didn't make it based on race or class?

I still point to Sanders and his messaging. It was big picture. It constantly reminded people of what we all should expect out of a decent economy, reminded people of the injustice inherent in our taxes and corporate culture, and proposed programs that helped all citizens have more dignity and security.

If I were to be charitable, I would say they don't have enough money for all homeless so they thought they'd spice it up with sympathetic restrictions. More cynically, a trans special interest group may have lobbied for it or else would have blocked a UBI pilot if it didn't help trans people specifically.

Either way, a major political failure right off the bat for the progressive movement.

>The Guaranteed Income Pilot for Artists, in partnership with the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, currently provides 190 artists who live and work in San Francisco monthly payments of $1,000 for up to 18 months.

Lots of reasons to be against the headline program described here, but this one really irks me. I find it hard to believe the 190 artists were selected in a fair way - or why any funds should even be targeting what a city deems as an artist.

When painful, destructive effects are disproportionately affecting one part of a community, it's good to see that at least somebody, somewhere, is trialing a response.

For every voter this attracts, it turns away 10 more.

The left has moved away from fighting for “the little guy” to literally selling votes based on sex / race. It worked for a few years but many people see the scam and are over it now.

I don’t care but these people are so out of touch with the mainstream it’s unsurprising why lifelong democrats are running away from this party.

What is so special or different with transgendered people that they need special benefits?