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redqueen

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13. Misconceptions in your post are clarified below.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 1, 2020, 01:18 AM

Feb 2020

Yang's UBI stacks with many programs (SSDI, SS retirement, etc) the only things it doesn't stack with are cash-type benefits.

Bernie's FJG also touts attrition from safety net programs as a way to save money on spending.

Some economists don't like Yang's plan, others do. It's up to each voter to decide which economists' arguments make the most sense. Also Yang has a degree in economics himself, so he's not coming up with this out of ignorance.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Would $1000/month significantly improve your life? [View all] redqueen Jan 2020 OP

I know it's besides the point, but that dude is seriously jacked!! DanTex Jan 2020 #1

LOL true! Those clips are from this video redqueen Jan 2020 #2

Yes, and I love polls! Devil Child Jan 2020 #3

Me too! redqueen Jan 2020 #4

It's a much nicer option than "don't know/don't care" Devil Child Jan 2020 #5

Robb is a dingbat! GreenPartyVoter Jan 2020 #7

! redqueen Feb 2020 #11

Sure it would, but I'd rather see people on welfare, single mothers in need of child care, hungry emmaverybo Jan 2020 #6

I agree. nt pnwmom Feb 2020 #9

We've had years to fix those things redqueen Feb 2020 #12

A thousand dollars a month is a force multiplier. nilesobek Feb 2020 #17

Exactly! And since it benefits *everyone* - fewer people resent it. redqueen Feb 2020 #21

The correct question would be: Would you be willing to give up benefits from other federal pnwmom Jan 2020 #8

Misconceptions in your post are clarified below. redqueen Feb 2020 #13

"The only things it doesn't stack with are cash-type benefits" pnwmom Feb 2020 #15

Have you talked to anyone depending on those programs? redqueen Feb 2020 #16

That's about all I'll get from social security in a few years-- dawg day Feb 2020 #10

And that, my dear dawg day, is exactly why Yang Gang is fighting so hard redqueen Feb 2020 #14

I voted yes rownesheck Feb 2020 #18

Yes, I had two jobs for a while redqueen Feb 2020 #22

In honesty, I had to vote no, but I do 1000% support it. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #19

And people like you, who really would be able to do without it comfortably redqueen Feb 2020 #23

How about three thousand. Can I have three thousand? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #20