We’re Fighting to End Poverty.
About us
Poverty is a policy choice, one that too many elected officials are currently comfortable making. United for a Guaranteed Income Action is working to change that through a guaranteed income – direct, recurring cash payments.
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Our Mission
Fighting for a Guaranteed Income
UGI Action is a group of current and former mayors and county elected officials advocating for anti-poverty legislation, supporting candidates that are working to create an income floor in the United States, and mobilizing Americans to join our fight for a more just country. UGI Action has three main priorities on the path to reaching our ultimate goal, a federal guaranteed income:
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Support State and Federal CTC Expansion
Advocate for Federal Legislation
We will collaborate with anti-poverty members of Congress on a long-term strategy to pass a federal guaranteed income, along with a shorter-term strategy of passing targeted guaranteed income and other cash-based federal programs.
Pass targeted guaranteed income programs
We will lay the groundwork for a national guaranteed income by creating targeted programs in a number of states across the country.
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UGI Action will work with legislators and governors across the country to replicate and expand on Minnesota’s state-based child tax credits, which were advocated for by Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and passed in 2023. The tax credits are direct payments to Minnesotans, and UGI Action will push to make this a reality in other states. We will also continue the fight to reinstate the 2021 federal child tax credit expansion, which successfully got money into Americans’ hands and kept 3.7 million children out of poverty.
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News
From the Newsroom
All Americans deserve an income floor, which is why United for a Guaranteed Income Action is taking the fight to Washington and state legislatures across the country. We can’t wait for a more just America, we have to create it ourselves.
Michael D. Tubbs
Founder, United for a Guaranteed Income Action
