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[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can we get Andrew Yang as an option?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No the only adult in the room willing to talk about wealth redistribution

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

he didn't have a real plan for that though. it was a semblance of a plan.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The global elite using their newspapers to laugh him out of the room didn't mean he didn't have a plan.

Established power didn't like his plans.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/12/andrew-yangs-universal-basic-income-proposal-expla/

Under Yang’s proposal, every American over 18 would receive a payment from the government for $1,000 a month, or $12,000 a year.

Yang says the payments would be offset by a 10% value-added tax, VAT, and by replacing duplicative social-welfare spending. Current recipients could choose between their existing benefits and $1,000 in cash.

It was pretty simple and didn't even require new congressional funding.

You're allowed to go learn about the world instead of spitting out the propaganda we are fed

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

so his plan was to force consumers to pay for it through VAT? how the fuck is that redistribution of wealth?

small businesses, low income households and rural communities would have the most to lose! thats not even mentioning the cluster fuck it would put American medical in since they would likely be hit the hardest due to all of the products and services they use that are made across the entire world.

let's ignore the obvious though, and say that it happened. VAT is in place. now what happens?

Sure the government could redistribute those taxes back through welfare but let's be honest, 75-85% of those funds would be earmarked for defense like it always is.

it's a stupid idea that only idiots support, and there's plenty of idiots already running the show now.