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California, to provide universal income that everybody gets a set paycheck courtesy of the government. what is going on here? >> well, it's not coming from the government, neil. let me make that point clear. the plan here is to give some of stockton's poorest families $500 a month for a year to spend as they please to see if that can lift their spirits and put them on a path to prosperity. >> if you give people a base amount that they receive regularly, that can be a hand up. that helps them to really gain their own economic success going forward. >> it is a real-world demonstration of univers...

Families $500 a month for a year to spend however they please to see if it can lift their spirits and put them on a path to prosperity. >> if you give people a base amount that they are receiving regularly that can be a hand up that helps them to really gain their own economic success going forward. >> it is a real world demonstration of paying people for being alive. a popular concept in silicon valley amid fears that automation will wipe out jobs and a tech-based nonprofit is funding the give away through a $1 million grant. pay should be earned is what critics say and basic income is still ...

Below my feet. and for home buyers? well, there is expensive sinkhole insurance as well as extensive research before you buy a buy. chris? >> chris: thank you. on the other side of the country tonight, some families in stockton, california, are preparing for a little extra income this year in exchange for doing absolutely nothing. the concept is called universal basic income. critics are already warning a disaster is contra disastrous consequences. >> free money for a year. no strings attached. hoping giving some of its poorest families $500 a month to spend as they please will lift their spir...

How do you do that? because that's the feedback a lot of people are going to be hearing and think that donald trump hates poor people. >> he doesn't care about paying the political price. that's what makes him special versus any other politician. so this blueprint that he has rolled out relative to what we need to do totally reverses his priorities. at the top of this segment, you show four democrats telling four lies. those are absolute lies that they are basically using to try to scare people. children are not going to die because of this plan. their lives may be saved because of this plan. ...

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