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Not entirely true, straight from his website "You can collect both SSDI and $1,000 a month. Most people who are legally disabled receive both SSDI and SSI. Unde
by Heybud 7y ago
Not entirely true, straight from his website "You can collect both SSDI and $1,000 a month. Most people who are legally disabled receive both SSDI and SSI. Under the universal basic income, those who are legally disabled would have a choice between collecting SSDI and the $1,000, or collecting SSDI and SSI, whichever is more generous.
Even some people who receive more than $1,000 a month in SSI would choose to take the Freedom Dividend because it has no preconditions. Basic income removes these requirements and guarantees an income, regardless of other factors." https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/ https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/
- 542458 7y agoHunh - I'm wrong. In my defense, Yang seems to have revised his plan on this - his website used to read "We currently spend between $500 and $600 billion a year on welfare programs, food stamps, disability and the like. This reduces the cost of Universal Basic Income because people already receiving benefits would have a choice but would be ineligible to receive the full $1,000 in addition to current benefits." So it looks like they softened this position at some point? But yeah, that's a much better position than the old one.