BUCKS EVERY MONTH JUST FOR

EXISTING.

NO STRINGS ATTACHED THAT'S EXACT

LY WHAT SOME PEOPLE IN THE

TOWN IN CALIFORNIA WILL GET TO

EXPERIENCE AS PART OF A TEST OF

SOMETHING CALLED UNIVERSAL BASIC

INCOME.

FOX NEWS IS IN STOCKTON WITH THE

DETAILS.

CLAUDIA?

>> REPORTER: WELL, DAVID THE

PLAN IS TO GIVE SOME OF STOCKTON

'S POOREST FAMILIES AS

YOU MENTIONED $500 A MONTH FOR A

YEAR TO SEE IF THAT CAN LIFT

THEIR SPIRITS AND PUT THEM ON A

PATH TO PROSPERITY.

>> IF YOU GET PEOPLE A BASE

AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING

REGULARLY, THAT CAN REALLY BE A

HANDOUT, THAT HELPS THEM TO

REALLY GAIN THEIR OWN ECONOMIC

SUCCESS GOING FORWARD.

>> REPORTER: IT IS A REAL WORLD

DEMONSTRATION OF UNIVERSAL BASIC

INCOME PAYING PEOPLE JUST FOR

BEING ALIVE.

IT'S A POPULAR CONCEPT IN

SILICON VALLEY AMID FEARS THAT

AUTOMATION WILL WIPE OUT JOBS,

AND A TECH-BASED NON-PROFIT IS

FUNDING STOCKTON'S CASH GIVE

AWAY THROUGH A $1 MILLION GRANT,

EVEN SO CRITICS SAY PAY SHOULD

BE EARNED AND POINT OUT BASIC

INCOME IS STILL A FORM OF

WELFARE.

SOME ECONOMISTS SAY GIVING OUT

FREE MONEY TO BE A DISINCENTIVE

TO WORK BUT HERE IN STOCKTON

WHICH HAD TO DECLARE

BANKRUPTCY IN 2012 AND WHERE ONE

IN FIVE RESIDENTS IS

STATISTICALLY POOR MANY

RESIDENTS TOLD US AN EXTRA $500

A MONTH WOULD BE A BIG HELP.

>> I WOULD DEFINITELY SPEND IT

IN MY COMMUNITY JUST SO IT GOES

BACK TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY MAYBE

BUYING LOCAL, FRUITS, VEGETABLES

>> PAY OFF BILLS.

>> IT WILL HELP A LOT ESPECIALLY

FOR THE DIVORCE RATE AND FOUR

CHILDREN THAT'S A LOT OF HELP

FOR ME TO PAY MY BILLS.

>> I WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE MY

CHILDREN ON A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND

>> REPORTER: TAKE THE KIDS TO

DISNEYLAND, WHY NOT.

THE RECIPIENTS CAN SPEND MISS

MONEY HOWEVER THEY LIKE NO

STRINGS ATTACHED MANY OF THE

FINER DETAILS HAVE YET TO BE

RELEASED LIKE WHO GETS THIS

MONEY AND HOW THEIR SPENDING

HABITS WILL BE TRACKED AT THE

END OF THE YEAR-LONG

DEMONSTRATION WE'LL HEAR FROM

THE LUCKY RECIPIENTS FIRSTHAND

TO FIND OUT IF THE CASH WAS

ENOUGH TO BOOST THEIR CONFIDENCE

AND TO GO "STOCKTON'S POVERTY AS

ORGANIZERS CLAIM AND THIS PILOT

PROGRAM GETS UNDERWAY THIS FALL.

DAVID: I LIKE THAT ONE HONEST

GUY WHO SAID I'D GO TO DISNEY

LAND WITH THE KIDS AT

LEAST HE WAS ONE HONEST GUY,

CLAUDIA THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LAUREN?

>> LAURA: LAUREN: THAT WOULD BE

LIKE ONE DAY, A FAMILY OF FOUR,

$530 NOT INCLUDING PARKING I

DIGRESS LET'S BRING IN BACK

CONSERVATIVE COMENTATOR AND

ROBIN FORMER OBAMA CAMPAIGN

REGIONAL FIELD DIRECTOR.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME, GOOD

IDEA KRISTIN?

>> WELL ACTUALLY, ON THE BROADER

SCALE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME IS

SOMETHING THAT CONSERVATIVE

ECONOMISTS HAVE ALSO PROPOSED

BUT THE CONCEPT BEING WHEN YOU

GIVE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME FROM

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT'S

SOMETHING THAT ELIMINATES ALL

OTHER WELFARE PROGRAMS SO ALL

OTHER ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS SO

YOU'RE JUST GIVING PEOPLE THAT U

BI, SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT

PEOPLE HAVE PROPOSED WITH

INCREASING AUTOMATION AND

GLOBALIZATION AND LOWER WAGES

PEOPLE WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS A

WAY TO ACTUALLY SUSTAIN THE

ECONOMY AND ALSO ENFORCE ANOTHER

CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLE WHICH WE

LEAVE SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY

BUILDING COMMUNITIES THAT TIME

CAN BE BETTER SPENT INSTEAD OF

MAKING MINIMUM WAGE IT CAN BE

BETTER INVESTED IN FAMILY AND

COMMUNITIES SO THIS IS ACTUALLY

SOMETHING ON A BROADER SCALE

MIGHT 10-15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD

THAT WE DISCUSS BUT IN THIS

EXPERIMENT $500 A MONTH EXTRA IS

NOT ENOUGH TO GET ANY REAL

RESULTS AND AS YOU SAW THERE

IT'S NOT GOING TO INCENTIVE

INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO SAVE THIS

MONEY OR INVEST IT IN A WAY TO

HELP THEIR CAREER.

LAUREN: I LIKE THE SPIN SILICON

VALLEY PUTS ON THIS ROBIN, MARK

ZUCKERBERG HAS BEEN ON THE

RECORD AND SAID THIS IS A WAY

THAT YOU CHASE YOUR DREAMS,

YOU'LL HAVE A CUSHION SO YOU CAN

GO ABOUT AND DO WHATEVER IT IS

YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.

DO YOU BUY THAT OR DO YOU THINK

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF GUILT FOR

THE PEOPLE WHO CREATE THE ROBOTS

AN THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT

BASICALLY STILL ARE HUMAN JOBS?

>> YOU KNOW I SEE EXACTLY WHERE

YOU'RE GOING AND I CAME OUT IN

FULL DISCLOSURE AGAINST THIS

POLICY WHEN MARK ZUCKERBERG DID

PUT THIS OUT AS A NATIONWIDE

PROGRAM POTENTIALLY AND HE WAS

FIELDING A POTENTIAL 2020 RUN

HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS DOG THE 50

STATE TOUR, SO I CAME OUT

AGAINST THAT BUT I WANT TO SAY

THAT A STUDY WAS JUST RELEASED

YESTERDAY WHICH I FOUND

FASCINATING BECAUSE WE ALREADY

SORT OF HAVE THIS IN ALASKA WITH

THE ALASKA PERMANENT FUND IT'S A

$61 BILLION PROGRAM THAT'S

FUNDED FROM OIL MONEY AND SO

ALASKA RESIDENTS ALL OF THEM GET

SOME FORM OF A BASIC INCOME OFF

OF THAT AND I WANT TO POINT OUT

THAT THE STUDY RELEASED

YESTERDAY SHOWED EMPLOYMENT WENT

UP BY 17% AND THAT PEOPLE

ACTUALLY TOOK ON ADDITIONAL

EMPLOYMENT SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE

HOW THIS EXPERIMENT GOES.

LAUREN: THAT IS A VERY GOOD

POINT BECAUSE THE WAY OUR

WELFARE SYSTEM WORKS NOW, IF YOU

MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY, THEY

PULLBACK WHAT YOU GET.

IF THERE'S NO STRINGS ATTACHED

HERE, THIS COHEN COURAGE PEOPLE

TO WORK EVEN MORE AND INCREASE

EMPLOYMENT.

>> IT ABSOLUTELY COULD BUT AT

THE END OF THE DAY IT'S GOING TO

SOUND LIKE FREE MONEY TO A LOT

OF PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PERSONAL

RESPONSIBILITY, THERE ARE SKILLS

THAT HAVE YOU TO HAVE AS A

PERSON TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT

MONEY WISELY SO IT DOESN'T

MATTER IF YOU GET 500 OR 500,000

THAT MONEY COULD BE GONE IN TWO

DAYS IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO

HANDLE IT.

LAUREN: HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU

GUYS THINK WOULD REALLY BE

NEEDED TO MAKE THIS WORK

NATIONWIDE.

ROBIN WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> OH, MY GOODNESS WELL $500

AIN'T GOING TO CUT THE MUSTARD

IN CALIFORNIA I CAN TELL YOU

THAT MUCH.

>> OR NEW YORK.

>> NO EXACTLY IT'S ANYONE'S

GUESS.

LAUREN: ECONOMISTS HAVE THROWN

AROUND THE NUMBER ABOUT $40,000

A YEAR AS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE

PROPOSED BUT WE'RE A LONG WAY

FROM THAT AT THIS POINT.

LAUREN: AND SILICON VALLEY IS

GOING TO USE THEIR PRIVATE MONEY

TO FUND THAT.

>> ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF

CASH SO APPLE CAN --