Yes and it wouldn't cover everyone.
Universal healthcare isn't "healthcare for everyone who wants it" it's "everyone has health insurance".
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Andrew Yang suspending his campaign
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Universal healthcare isn't "healthcare for everyone who wants it" it's "everyone has health insurance".
Yeah, thats what Yang cited too. We should reform college instead of making it free. That involves making degrees less full of bullshit. Make it cheaper. There's so much to change and fix with how college is in this country, making it free will still have the same issues.
Oh I see, and yes I do think it would be better and cleaner if they could stack with those other existing things. However I don't think that completely kills it. The average welfare recipient in the US is getting around $300 a month. UBI will give these people much more and more freedom when it comes to other life choices since the 1000 dollars is guaranteed no matter what. Anyone who is getting above 1000 a month in those types of welfare programs can just not opt in (I'm not sure what the stats are on who gets that much in total welfare each month).
Did I ever say it wasn't arbitrary? You said it's straight up arbitrary I said it's not as arbitrary as you're making it out to be imo. Doubling the FD would be a LOT more money to fund.
I'm not sure what you mean that my goal was shifted from universal to somewhat universal. You gave me the deets and I see what you mean about it not being totally universal. I don't think that makes the FD not still really good though, but improvement could be had in that area yes.
Yang is marketing it as universal, when it isn't. It doesn't stack and isn't for everyone.
Saying it isn't *that arbitrary* assumes that it is in fact arbitrary to some degree and not indexed to what your average person needs per month.
I always took the universal to mean it's available for anyone to opt in. The topic of switching to the FD perhaps not being worth it in to people in some cases because of SSI is aknowledged even on his website. But despite that still think it's good for the vast majority of people.
I can't land on exactly how arbitrary it is or isn't. When I say "not that arbitrary" I'm directly referring to it not being as arbitrary as you were saying. E.G. I really don't think it could just be doubled from where it already is. (And 12,000 a year is very close to the poverty threshold)
Yeah, I think I remember who you're talking about. Or at least I remember someone posting stuff like that
Andrew Yang joins CNN as a political commentator
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is joining CNN as a political commentator, the network announced Wednesday.
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