Given the context in which Andrew Yang is no longer a U.S. Presidential candidate, it's still worth considering the elimination of extreme poverty. As the article indicates, the health...
Given the context in which Andrew Yang is no longer a U.S. Presidential candidate, it's still worth considering the elimination of extreme poverty. As the article indicates, the health implications of sub-poverty line income are so dire that making this change would more than pay for itself.
I've been somewhat skeptical of UBI because the proposed sums were never enough to accomplish this for people who don't have suitable paying jobs available, or at least some other sources of income.
On the other hand, the intrusive, oppressive, expensive bureaucracy of application, means testing, mandatory job placement, and fraud hunting to establish who "deserves" basic income isn't ideal or effective, either.
Personal note: I stopped by the county health department yesterday for vaccinations, and was deeply disheartened to notice the signs advising of a new 80-hour/month work requirement for participation in the state's Medicaid poverty health program. This is yet another example of how the U.S. is going in exactly the wrong direction - more burdens and obstacles for poor people to obtain the services they need to get out of poverty and/or stay alive and healthy.
Given the context in which Andrew Yang is no longer a U.S. Presidential candidate, it's still worth considering the elimination of extreme poverty. As the article indicates, the health implications of sub-poverty line income are so dire that making this change would more than pay for itself.
I've been somewhat skeptical of UBI because the proposed sums were never enough to accomplish this for people who don't have suitable paying jobs available, or at least some other sources of income.
On the other hand, the intrusive, oppressive, expensive bureaucracy of application, means testing, mandatory job placement, and fraud hunting to establish who "deserves" basic income isn't ideal or effective, either.
Personal note: I stopped by the county health department yesterday for vaccinations, and was deeply disheartened to notice the signs advising of a new 80-hour/month work requirement for participation in the state's Medicaid poverty health program. This is yet another example of how the U.S. is going in exactly the wrong direction - more burdens and obstacles for poor people to obtain the services they need to get out of poverty and/or stay alive and healthy.