Would $1000/month significantly improve your life?

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8. The correct question would be: Would you be willing to give up benefits from other federal

programs in exchange for $1000 a month to spend however you wished?

I favor targeted grants for people who most need it, not billions going to people who don't.

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

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.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/465906-universal-basic-income-advocates-warn-yangs-freedom-dividend-would-harm-low-income-americans

Advocates of universal basic income (UBI) are cautioning against Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s proposed “Freedom Dividend,” saying it would hurt low-income Americans.

In interviews with economists and organizations that promote UBI in the United States, experts said Yang’s version could do more harm than good because some Americans would need to choose between accepting $1,000 a month and receiving certain public assistance benefits.

“While the Freedom Dividend has many characteristics that we support, forcing people to choose between current social programs and a basic income plays into this harmful scarcity mentality and would keep many struggling people in the same place,” said Jim Pugh, co-director of the Universal Income Project.

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If UBI is implemented under Yang’s proposal, some economists argue that poverty and inequality will be exacerbated because money for government assistance programs, like food stamps and housing vouchers, will instead be converted to payments to people across the economic spectrum, meaning less money for programs that target poor Americans.