Tech entrepreneur and presidential hopeful Andrew Yang was in for a big night — or so he thought. His campaign had promised an unprecedented surprise on the debate stage in Houston and boy did he ever try to deliver.
With the worn smile of an afternoon game-show host, Yang announced that he would give 10 American families $1,000 dollars every month for the next year in hopes of proving the merits of his campaign’s cornerstone Universal Basic Income plan.
The problem? If Yang (or his campaign) is giving the money away, how does the mock dividend illustrate what a state-sponsored measure […]
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