Tuesday on Political Rewind: A conversation about new efforts to help Americans lift themselves out of poverty. Guaranteed basic income initiatives are popping up across the country. Two new programs in Georgia seek to provide impoverished residents with a stable flow of income over one year. Can these programs help tackle inequity?

The panel:

Amir Farokhi – Atlanta city councilmember

Tamar Hallerman – Senior reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kyle Wingfield – President and CEO of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation

Timestamps:

:00- Introductions

3:00- Dr. King's thoughts on guaranteed income

4:00- Introductions continue

6:59- Introduction of two Atlanta guaranteed income programs

23:31- How guaranteed income programs can knock people out of the threshold of their government benefits

30:39- How these programs help address needs in real time

43:19 - Are these programs viable nationwide?

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