Andrew Yang qualifies his UBI proposal

[brooklynite]

On FOX NEWS SUNDAY

"My program is universal, but's it's opt-in, and if you opt-in then you would be foregoing benefits from certain existing programs."

[PoliticAverse]

1. That's nothing different that what he's said in the past....

Example from February of this year:

"If you opt in, then you are forgoing benefits from some of these other programs," Yang said. "Many of these people would prefer $1,000 a month with no monitoring and no paperwork and that stuff to their current program, so we're going to lighten the bureaucracy in those programs, but we're not going to take anything away, if they think their current benefits are superior to $1,000 cash."

https://www.wmur.com/article/yang-pitches-plan-for-basic-income-in-conversation-with-the-candidate/26541678

[JI7]

2. is it 1000 for each person or household ?

[wyldwolf]

3. I studied UBI, or "GBI," a few years ago...

... on paper, at least, it would save $billions on various safety net programs. You'd think more would be on board with it.

[aidbo]

4. So... not universal.

[airplaneman]

5. Definately not universal.

You must opt out of Social Security and most welfare benefits to get UBI. A senior getting $1K a month on SS gets nothing and with a $2T price tag and a VAT tax its going to be bad news for the poor. Yang is dishonest when he says "everybody" and "every citizen". He says his goal is not to eliminate Social Security and Welfare but if it was he does not have to change what he is doing.
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[oldsoftie]

6. So its a bait & switch. Sound bite.

[Voltaire2]

7. Generally VAT comes with exemptions fir

necessities. So not entirely regressive.

[airplaneman]

8. Right Yang is going to have 2 Trillion in VAT taxes but it is not going to affect you

He is going to tax Facebook ads and Google searches.
So how much money is there really in those two things.
I find Yang good at sound bites but I question his math.
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