282: Andrew Yang, Presidential Candidate, Implementing a Universal Basic Income
Aug 02, 2019•27 min•Ep. 282
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Episode description
Jason Hartman talks with Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang about some of his policy proposals, including the huge idea of Universal Basic Income, the erradication of income tax and the implementation of a VAT.
Key Takeaways:
[1:40] How Universal Basic Income is different than the welfare state and why libertarians would support it
[5:11] Would income taxes go away if Andrew's VAT goes into effect?
[9:56] Andrew supports UBI because automation is taking away so many jobs
[14:40] The war on normal people
[21:06] How the UBI will offset any deficit it creates
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