A Boston suburb on Monday began sending payments through a guaranteed income program triple the amount offered under a previous version.

The Brookline Housing Authority and Brookline Community Foundation announced UpTogether Brookline in October following an earlier program that provided 250 dollar monthly checks to low-income residents under the Resident Opportunity Initiative. The new initiative triples that support to 750 dollars after the foundation partnered with the housing authority over the summer.

The pilot program will pay 55 Brookline Massachusetts households 750 dollars for 12 months. It received 460,000 dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act and a 76,000 dollar grant from the Brookline Community Foundation.

BHA Executive Director Ben Stone confirmed with Fox News Digital that the department is providing the expanded guaranteed income program.

Households receiving assistance experienced financial setbacks during the coronavirus pandemic, receive state or federal housing aid and are enrolled in BHA’s Self-Sufficiency Programs. The cash can be used for groceries to care for loved ones or to invest in education.

According to its website UpTogether describes itself as a systems change organization that recognizes that poverty is created by systems, rooted in racism and perpetuated by false views of people considered poor.

The program will also include a five-year financial literacy course through the BHA.

Brookline launched its pilot guaranteed basic income program after other local governments across the country rolled out similar initiatives.

A coalition of 150 mayors called Mayors for Guaranteed Income has promoted pilot programs that provide low-income participants up to 1,000 dollars a month with no strings attached.

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version.

The Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved 7.5 million dollars for a permanent guaranteed income program last week. Chicago the largest city in the Midwest and third-largest in the nation serves as the county seat.

While studies have shown that guaranteed income pilots have been beneficial some programs face funding shortages and legal challenges.

The use of American Rescue Plan Act money for guaranteed income handouts represents a diversion of COVID relief funds. These dollars were supposed to help with pandemic recovery not create permanent welfare programs.

Brookline is one of the wealthiest suburbs in Massachusetts making the program particularly questionable. The median household income in the town exceeds 120,000 dollars meaning taxpayers in the area are being forced to fund handouts to their neighbors.

The claim that poverty is rooted in racism ignores individual choices and economic factors. UpTogether’s ideological framework pushes a victimhood narrative rather than focusing on personal responsibility and opportunity.

The no strings attached nature of these payments means recipients can spend the money however they want. There is no requirement to look for work or improve their situation.

The five-year financial literacy course sounds good on paper but does nothing to address the fundamental problem with giving people free money. If they need financial literacy training perhaps they should learn to earn and manage their own income.

The expansion from 250 dollars to 750 dollars per month represents a 200 percent increase. This shows how these programs inevitably grow once established as advocates push for more and more.

Cook County making its program permanent demonstrates the slippery slope of pilot programs. What starts as a temporary experiment becomes an entitlement that politicians are afraid to end.

The coalition of 150 mayors promoting guaranteed income represents coordinated effort by liberal local officials to implement socialist policies. These mayors are using their cities as laboratories for radical economic experimentation.

Studies claiming guaranteed income is beneficial often fail to account for long-term effects. Giving people free money temporarily might help but it creates dependency and disincentivizes work.

The legal challenges facing some programs suggest there are constitutional and statutory questions about using taxpayer money this way. Courts may eventually shut down these schemes.

Brookline residents who work for their money are effectively subsidizing those who receive guaranteed income. This creates resentment and undermines the social contract.

The American Rescue Plan Act was passed by Democrats during the Biden administration specifically to funnel money to blue cities and states. Using it for guaranteed income was likely the plan all along.