Bernie Sanders Hits Andrew Yang’s Proposed Universal Basic Income: ‘People Want to Work’

Bernie Sanders Hits Andrew Yang's Proposed Universal Basic Income: 'People Want to Work'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took aim at fellow presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s (D) proposal for universal basic income, telling Hill.TV that a federal jobs guarantee is preferable because “people want to work.”

Yang – who saw a spike in Emerson Polling’s recent survey (4 percent support) and qualified for September’s Democrat presidential debate – has touted his universal basic income plan, promising to give U.S. citizens $1,000 a month.

“Americans will work even harder when they get the resources in place to actually get ahead. This is the trickle up economy from our people, families and communities up,” Yang told […]

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