Andrew Yang’s money giveaway gimmick undermines the point of a Universal Basic Income

Andrew Yang’s money giveaway gimmick undermines the point of a Universal Basic Income

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is an aspiring politician. But his angle in the 2020 campaign is that he’s an outsider, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who sees the future and shares the general population’s mistrust of professional lawmakers.

His major promise has been Universal Basic Income , a $1,000 monthly check from the government for Americans to spend as they see fit, and tonight at the third round of Democratic primary debates he said in his opening statement that he’d begin by giving 10 American families that amount for a year. “It’s original. I’ll give you that,” South Bend, Indiana […]

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