Kyle Christensen, 41, was selected to receive $1,000 per month from Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang for the next year.
The most recognizable proposal from Yang’s campaign is to implement a Universal Basic Income, which he calls the Freedom Dividend. The entrepreneur-turned-candidate decided to demonstrate how the system could work, and benefit American citizens, by conducting trial runs which Yang is paying for out of his own pocket. Christensen is the second person chosen to receive the funds.
Yang has said that he checked with the Federal Election Commission before going ahead with his plan for the trial runs. The non-partisan […]
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