Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has separated himself from a crowded primary field by proposing Universal Basic Income (UBI). Under Yang’s UBI plan every American Adult will receive a “Freedom Dividend” of $1,000 a month. This is a pro-active plan to deal with the threat of automation to America’s workforce. Yang sells his proposal by telling audiences that civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for UBI right before his death. MLK stated that since capitalism can’t eliminate poverty, the government has a moral obligation to provide work or an income, and the simplest way to abolish poverty […]
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