Democratic presidential hopeful plans to run on universal basic income

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/20/andrew-yang-to-give-away-cash-show-benefit-of-universal-basic-income.html Quote:
Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang is going to give someone $12,000 in an effort to make it to the White House.

Yang, 43, is running for President in 2020 as a Democrat and his platform is centered on the idea of universal basic income (UBI), or cash handouts distributed irrespective of employment status.
To demonstrate the effectiveness of a universal basic income, Yang announced Thursday will select one New Hampshire resident to give $1,000 a month for a year starting in 2019, according to a written statement from the campaign.Yang is paying the $12,000 for the demonstration personally, he tells CNBC […]

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