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  • OVER.

  • CONNELL: THEY'RE ABOUT READY AND

  • WAITING.

  • >>> FIXED INCOME FOR ADULTS.

  • THE IDEA OF UNIVERSAL BASIC

  • INCOME SEEMS TO BE GAINING

  • MOMENTUM.

  • PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ANDREW

  • YANG IS CAMPAIGNING ON THE

  • PROGRAM.

  • DAVID LEE MILLER JOINS YOU WITH

  • MORE ON ALL OF THIS.

  • REPORTER: CONNELL, SOME CALL IT

  • FREE MONEY.

  • THE IDEA BEHIND UNIVERSAL BASIC

  • INCOME, PROVIDE ESSENTIALLY A

  • GOVERNMENT SAFETY NET THAT WOULD

  • HELP ANY AMERICAN THAT WAS IN

  • NEED.

  • IT WOULD NOT BE A SOURCE OF

  • INCOME.

  • IT WOULD APPLY TO PEOPLE

  • REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC OR

  • EMPLOYMENT STATUS.

  • WHILE THE IDEA IS NOT NEW LONG

  • SHOT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL

  • CANDIDATE ANDREW YANG IS CALLING

  • FOR EACH FAMILY TO GET $1000 A

  • MONTH.

  • HE SAYS THE MONEY WOULD BE

  • FUNNELED BACK INTO THE ECONOMY.

  • >> THIS IS NOT GOING TO DIMINISH

  • WORK.

  • IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ENHANCE

  • AND AMPLIFY WORK THAT NEEDS TO

  • GET DONE.

  • PUTTING RESOURCES INTO AMERICANS

  • HAND SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN

  • THE MARKET TO BE ABLE TO

  • ACTIVATE THE DEMAND FOR

  • SERVICES.

  • REPORTER: SOME AMERICANS ALREADY

  • TAKING PART IN UNIVERSAL BASIC

  • INCOME PROGRAMS, A TEST PROGRAM

  • IN TOCK TON, CALIFORNIA PROVIDES

  • LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WITH

  • 500-DOLLAR DEBIT CARD.

  • CRITICS ARGUE IT WON'T HELP WITH

  • UNEMPLOYMENT.

  • >> UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME IS NOT

  • THE WAY TO HELP AMERICANS FIND

  • JOBS.

  • THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO HELP

  • GROW THE ECONOMY, BY CREATING,

  • CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR

  • PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO

  • CREATE THOSE JOBS.

  • AND THEN WHEN WE NEED WELFARE TO

  • HAVE A WELFARE SYSTEM THAT HELPS

  • AND DOESN'T HURT THE PEOPLE WHO

  • ARE ON THE PROGRAM BY HELPING

  • THEM FIND JOBS IF THEY CAN WORK.

  • REPORTER: THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE

  • WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT

  • UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME.

  • IN ADDITION TO ANDREW WANG,

  • OTHER CANDIDATES INCLUDING

  • KAMALA HARRIS AND PETE BUTTIGIEG

  • DISCUSSED ONE FORM OF THE PLAN.

  • ONE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT

OVER.

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