Many cities (in the USA) are mandated to have balanced budgets, limiting the size and scope of providing UBI-style benefits so something like this is difficult

Many cities (in the USA) are mandated to have balanced budgets, limiting the size and scope of providing UBI-style benefits so something like this is difficult to role out without federal support. I’m pro a limited UBI but I don’t think it does people any good to not have a job to do so I’d want to see UBI as being a first tier program with a universal jobs guarantee as a second tier with each municipality having the choice over what they want those jobs to be.