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because
score: 6
It would save lives.
because
score: 2
We know how it would be paid for.
because
score: 2
It would reduce the stress of citizens.
because
score: 2
It would encourage entrepreneurship by removing much of the monetary risk associated with starting a new business.
because
score: 2
It helps people who are in abusive relationships.
because
score: 2
It would grow and strengthen the middle class.
because
score: 2
The trickle-down economy is not based in reality.
because
score: 2
"It would support parents and caretakers for the work that they do, particularly mothers.".
sources:
Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People"
because
score: 2
It would make abusive bosses a thing of the past.
because
score: 1
"The solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.".
sources:
Martin Luther King Jr.
because
score: 1
"Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared...".
because
score: 1
It would help solve the disparity in wealth between the richest among us and the poorest among us.
because
score: 1
Money should be constantly recycled through society rather than hoarded at the top.
because
score: 1
The contemporary welfare system's obsession with punishing people for making too much money is absurd.
because
score: 1
Everyone deserves to have their basic needs met.
because
score: 1
It could be necessary in many situations, including job loss, the death of a breadwinner, natural disasters, and all other forms of emergency in which someone's life is severely disrupted.
because
score: 1
It would reduce dependence on current welfare programs, incentivizing work rather than punishing it.
because
score: 1
The concept trusts Americans to solve their problems more efficiently than the government.
because
score: 1
"It would be a massive stimulus to lower-cost areas.".
sources:
Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People"
because
score: 1
"It would empower people to avoid making terrible decisions based on financial scarcity and month-to-month needs.".
sources:
Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People"
because
score: 1
It would boost creativity.
because
score: 1
"It would enable people to more effectively transition from shrinking industries and environments to new ones.".
sources:
Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People"
because
score: 1
"It would reduce stress, improve health, decrease crime, and strengthen relationships.".
sources:
Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People"
because
score: 1
"It would give all citizens an honest stake in society and a sense of the future.".
sources:
Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People"
because
score: 1
"It would restore a sense of optimism and faith in communities around the country.".
sources:
Andrew Yang's "The War on Normal People"
because
score: 0
The United States currently has a "ragbag of specific welfare programs" that, if replaced with universal basic income, "would do more efficiently and humanely what are present welfare system does so inefficiently and inhumanely.".
but
score: -4
Most if not all proposals for UBI are equivalent to less than the federal minimum wage.
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alex
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