Should the government implement Yang's UBI to get us through the virus crisis?

[Yavin4]

Instead of cutting rates or taxes, just send every American $1000 or more for a brief period of time until the crisis is over.

Most jobs are dependent on consumer spending, and if consumers are quarantined in their homes, then they're not spending which means job losses which mean cascading debt defaults which mean bank failures which mean economic depression.

Just give everyone a stipend to get them through.

[GemDigger]

1. Not to everybody. Only if a person is losing wages in one form or another because of the virus.

[Renew Deal]

5. They could increase and extend unemployment

Like after the 2008 meltdown.

[customerserviceguy]

2. What if

there's nothing on the shelves to buy, because the supply chain is interrupted? Amazon Prime will go to guaranteed two week delivery at that point.

[Bev54]

3. That would make Trump and the rest of the

republicans heads explode! Love it!

[Renew Deal]

4. I wonder if that would cause mass layoffs/furloughs.

But some industries will need to be supported. Mostly the airlines.

[Baked Potato]

6. Should be $10,000.