CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Andrew Yang is a tech entrepreneur, the founder of Venture for America, and a long-shot Democratic candidate for president. While he has hundreds of policy positions, he’s staking his presidential bid on one big idea: Universal Basic Income.
While the concept of Universal Basic Income can take many shapes, Yang describes it as “a policy where every citizen in a country gets a certain amount of money to meet his or her basic needs. No questions asked.” Under Yang’s plan, The Freedom Dividend , every U.S. citizen over 18 would receive $1,000 a month.
Yang’s focus on […]
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