As far as I know that is still the case with Yang's UBI, which is why I brought it up in my original post. "The most important part of Mr. Yang’s 2020 guarante

As far as I know that is still the case with Yang's UBI, which is why I brought it up in my original post. "The most important part of Mr. Yang’s 2020 guaranteed income plan was not the size of the checks but how he intended to pay for them. He promised to fund the program by implementing some new tax policies and “consolidating some welfare programs.” Anyone who wanted in would first have to make a choice: continue to get the bulk of the direct government benefits they currently received, or forfeit them and instead get $1,000 a month. Other than Social Security retirement, disability benefits (and potentially some other credits), no one could get both a Freedom Dividend and government assistance." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/opinion/andrew-yang-ubi-nyc-mayor.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/opinion/andrew-yang-ubi-n...