Comments by "Mark Armage" (@markarmage3776) on "Democratic candidate Andrew Yang explains how his plan for universal basic income would work" video.

VAT is a hoax, you moron. It's paid by consumers, that's you, not Amazon. And in America, we have the sales tax, which is VAT but in different name. You might want to do your homework.
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@ChonchoLibre Hey, moron, do some math, if that 10% VAT can pay for 2.5 trillions, the country is spending 25 trillions in Expenditures? Learn some math, idiot.
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@HurricaneGaming509 If you can't get both UBI and Healthcare, then what's the point of giving UBI? You remove people's benefits so the people will have to replace it if they don't want to die, and most of them will not use the money to replace it. They rather have a drink then saving up to go the doctor. It's a zero sum game if you remove people's social program to give them the money that was going to the social program. It's immoral because when the people waste that money, you'll have no choice but to leave them to die because you don't have any money left on well fare. Where's your math for that generating more? You give the people's UBI only pay for the extra cost on products that are going to the VAT. zero sum game, study. If you're claiming that people will earn more than what they pay then your sum would be in the negative because you don't generate more money in the VAT but you're giving more what you get. Study. And again, marijuana decriminalize, and opioids? You'r giving people money and the same time allow them to use drugs that cost money and bring them harm? Wow, that is just basic math of stupidity. Go back to school, if you generate new source of income by giving people harmful products to buy, they will use the money on those products and not on themselves. Did you think before you type that? And opioids being legal? What's next, crystal meth, next we should decriminalize cocaine, right, because of what? People responsibility to themselves? Pal, go back to school, you're way over your head.
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@lyds6382 And idiot, if you collect VAT to give money to the people, but the people are paying for the money you're giving them. Then the total sum has to be negative in order to profit the people. YOU'RE COLLECTING LESS THAN WHAT YOU'RE GIVING OUT.
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MrHoppers002 They won't, and Yang shouldn't be moving on, his ideas are as stupid as his supporters, mostly online trolls. Most of them can's understand math.
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@HurricaneGaming509 Learn some math, moron, you pay the VAT, not corporations. And here, simple math, for you to benefits from the UBI, the country would be taking a negative. You collect VAT to pay for UBI but you're collecting less than what you give out. It's called stupidity. I suggest going back to middle school.
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@samuelhw82 Nice try, go back to school, small time troll.
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@lsx86xo10 Yeah, nice try, moron.VAT doesn't fucking apply with food in other countries. It applies with services, and online purchases. Anyway, it's irrelevant what you're rambling, like I said, we already have a sales tax and then you would be taxing that car twice, it's called stupidity. And then the math problem that none of you idiots can answer. UBI cost 2.5 trillions, 10% VAT can only pay for it if we're spending 25 trillions on Expenditures. The GDP is 20 trillions. Learn some fucking math.
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@Kay0Bot No, we don't pay for the tariffs, if the cost from products rises, companies and consumers will change their source of imports, it's called economics, learn some. You want exploitation of the market, go to a country without fairness. 10% VAT comes directly from daily consumers, there's no alternatives. Use your brain.
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@nemrac4321 Hey, kid. Learn some math, go back to school, don't be a moron. VAT is paid by consumers, not companies.
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@Kay0Bot It's not affordable if you steal money to pay for it. Learn some. It's not affordable at all, it's only affordable and profitable if you pay them the UBI to pay for the VAT. But that violates the principle of mathematics. If you collect money and then give back the money but you give out more money than what you collect, because that's the only way you can give back money to people more than what they paid. It's called stupidity, learn it.
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MrHoppers002 You can't make a different kind of tax and then pretend that it's another kind of tax. If you raise tax on corporations, it's called raising taxes, bad move, they took it out on employees because their income will be affected. If you call it VAT and the companies won't pay anything. So he's flat out lying.
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@Kay0Bot 220 millions adults in America, 12000 dollars a year, use a calculator, that's 2.7 trillions. 10% VAT to pay for it means the country spends 27 trillions a year on expenditures, which doesn't include mortgage and food. BTW, America's GDP is only 19 trillions It's not your strong point, how about learn it first.
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@HurricaneGaming509 Great, so you're caring for those billion dollar business, which are major corporations and not normal people, everyday people, then you could call on the tariffs. But then you can not blame on the tax cut, because then you're playing a hypocritical role. We gave them the tax cut to have more room on the tariffs, it's called strategy. Unless you want a country trading unfairly on the word's market and become the next super power financially and militarily (China) , I suggest you go back to school
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