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Stockton's universal basic income program pays off

Stockton, California, made headlines when it began an experiment to fight poverty by testing universal basic income: giving 125 randomly selected individuals with below-average incomes $500 each month for two years. Michael Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton, joins CBSN to discuss the program he piloted and the impact it made on the community.
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