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Recipients of guaranteed income called by Mayor Prince | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Patrick Forrest Gary Mayor Jerome Prince made a number of phone calls to those who were selected to receive the assistance from the Guaranteed Income Validation Effort (GIVE) program. In his original announcement, Prince noted statistics that show nearly 40 percent of Americans cannot afford a single $400 emergency and that pay for a […]

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