Harris County, Texas commissioner slams guaranteed income programs: 'They don't change anything'

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One of the members of the Harris County, Texas governing body stood alone in rejecting a guaranteed income program, arguing that the $20 million that was used for the program should’ve been redirected somewhere else.

“I’m an engineer with 40-something years experience, working with 20 counties in Texas, 50 cities in Texas. And what I do know is $20 million could have been taken to any underserved neighborhood in Harris County and would have been helpful for [15 to 20,000] people — ten times as many people could have been helped,” Tom Ramsey of Precinct 3 told Fox News Digital.

The guaranteed income program called…

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