• A New Jersey lawmaker is proposing a nationwide pilot program for a guaranteed basic income. • The 3-year experiment would give 10,000 Americans a monthly basic income. • The payments would cover the local cost of a two-bedroom apartment.

A group of Democratic lawmakers wants to test a new kind of social safety net: a monthly paycheck provided by the federal government to spend however you want.

New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman said she is reintroducing a bill to establish a three-year guaranteed basic income pilot program that would offer a cohort of Americans across the country a no-strings-attached monthly payment — enough to cover rent for a two-bedroom home.

"Events like the Coronavirus Pandemic, economic fluctuations, and increasing automation and job losses threaten to

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