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U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard introduces H.R 897, proposed to give all American adults, a UBI of $1,000 per month during COVID-19 pandemic

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Possible pilot of a UBI here in the U.S. finally???

U.S House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced H.R 897 that actually proposed giving all American adults a UBI of $1,000 per month during the COVID-19 pandemic:


thehill.com

Tulsi Gabbard calls for giving Americans $1K a month during coronavirus outbreak

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) called for introducing a universal basic income (UBI) of $1,000 a month until coronavirus “no longer presents a public health e…
thehill.com thehill.com

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) called for introducing a universal basic income (UBI) of $1,000 a month until coronavirus "no longer presents a public health emergency."

"Most Americans don't have that safety emergency bank account even for a short term, what to speak of if you're talking about weeks, or in this case people are looking at potentially months," Gabbard said in an interview on Hill.TV.

Her proposal, H.R. 897, would give a UBI of $1,000 per month to all adult Americans "until COVID-19 no longer presents a public health emergency."

The idea of a UBI of $1,000 a month was made popular by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who made the program a centerpiece of his campaign.
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DiceHands

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Needs to happen. Families shouldnt have to decide between working and leaving their kids at home unattended to or taking care of their kids and losing their jobs.
 
The Adder

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And there's her first volley for her 3rd party run. Pass it if there are no poison pills. It'll get shot down in the Senate, though.
 
Volimar

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No chance, but it's nice that someone woke her up. Maybe she'll try campaigning.
 
Musubi

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The GOP just struck down sick leave and you think they are going to pass a UBI bill? Lmfao.
 
Xyer

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I have a better chance of hitting the lottery, then getting struck by lightning and then spontaneously combusting during a snowstorm than this passing.
 
Dodongo

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Tulsi is a con artist, so I would firstly view this with suspicion. Let a better congressperson write the bill.
 
chadskin

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Seems like a good idea as a short-term measure to relieve the financial pressure on people and/or boost consumer spending but obviously it won't pass. There are probably enough moderate/conservative Dems in Nancy's caucus that it wouldn't even make it out of the House.
 
Everybody Lies

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A last ditch attempt to get herself some publicity before the debate on Sunday. It won't pass. It's a messaging bill.

That said it would make life a lot easier for folks.
 
Pop-O-Matic

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It'll pass as part of the GOP/Russian plot to raise her profile so she can successfully sabotage the Dems with her 3rd party run.
 
Dyle

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She's clearly positioning this to fail in order to drum up support for an inevitable independent run later this year
 
Kirblar

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Something like this happening eventually to get over the hump months isn't out of the realm of possibility

 
Lukar

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A for effort, but it won't happen. I would love to be proven wrong though.
 
Kirblar

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Good thread on what kind of stimulus program we're going to need here. This is not normal recession situation, this is a worldwide productivity AND demand shock. The fundamentals were pretty ok before that, however. We need to be paying out the ass to get the economy through the necessary slowdown we need to take in order to deal with the virus, so that we can much more easily get back to normal after this is over.



 
chefbags

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I'd love to see it. Cause I sure do fucking need it. But man add me to that mountain grain of salt of this ever happening.
 
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