The idea of a Universal Basic Income has been around for a long time and has been supported by politicians, economists, spiritual leaders, entrepreneurs and even one of our founding fathers - Thomas Paine. 😀👍🇺🇸
It’s funny when someone says, @AndrewYang loss his first debate. But Andrew Yang never debated anyone, and no one debated him. A debate requires arguments between two or more people contesting the best and worst ideas until one losses and the other wins.
Since the mid-1970s wage decoupled from labor productivity & wage growth has stagnated. Wealth created by all is going in the hands of a few.
Inequality affects us all. Time for #BasicIncome
Increasing the minimum wage to $15 meant an additional $235/mo which meant a loss of $505/mo in SNAP so they were $270/mo worse off. Meanwhile, @AndrewYang's #FreedomDividend would replace $505/mo in SNAP with $1k/mo in UBI, leaving them $730/mo better off + no more cliff effect.
It takes 2 years to get an Associate Degree, 4 years to get a Bachelor, 6 years to get a Masters, and 8 years to get a Doctorate. When Workers lose their Jobs to Automation, Bill Collectors aren’t going to wait 2 to 8 Years for Payees to Pay their Due Bills.
We can't just focus on the children anymore. I met grandmothers, mothers and fathers who are suffering. This is devastating. The look in one father's eyes broke me. I can't look away. #CloseTheCamps
"There's abuse in these facilities": @AOC says migrants are "drinking water out of the toilet" at a Customs and Border Protection facility in Clint, Texas https://t.co/ia3uVLoCsj
“It’s worth considering whether humans are not actually best suited for many forms of work. Consider also the reverse: Are most forms of work ideal for humans? That is, if we’re not good for work, is work good for us?” -@AndrewYang https://t.co/zUQrLMDtVY
@AndrewYang With 2 Minutes and 54 Seconds of ‘Speaking Time’ is on his way to 500,000 Followers on Twitter #letYangSpeak. Imagine how much Followers Andrew Yang would get if he gets to Debate Candidates in July #LetYangDebate@Zach_Graumann@CNN