Comments by "" (@thehumanity0) on "Andrew Yang Lies In New Campaign Ad" video.

@bluesrockfan36 Yeah bullshit, even if you were to, for some reason, just ignore all the people swamped in medical debt and who spend thousands on their medical bills every year (that would simply just offset what they receive from Yang bucks), it would still be a fucking disaster once rent goes up, food, *prescriptions, electronics, consumer goods, etc. all go up in price due to rampant inflation. Also, you're a fool if you don't think inflation would happen; even Yang admits it would at least partially occur though tries to make the argument "the market will fix itself" like a Reaganomics talking point. Not to mention, his regressive VAT tax would ensure prices go up in addition to any inflation. You would have added taxes that would be regressive in the sense that the working class would be paying more back into the system than the wealthy and continue to shift the tax burden MORE onto the working class over time.
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@fatlacesthedon I feel the same way. I've been sounding the alarm bells on Yang since before April, ever since I noticed he was trying to slash social programs. Should've been a red flag to anyone who gives a shit.
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"the spirit of ending homelessness" meanwhile people are selling the house to pay for cancer treatment.
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@worldtsunami9142 To be clear Yang's Freedom Dividend is bullshit. A basic income is something that is still tenable in the future as long as you don't craft it into a Libertarian Milton Friedman wet dream in an attempt to destroy the social safety net and fund it through regressive taxes.
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You'll be surprised when he endorses Joe Biden
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Lol, the people who actually receive the whole $1,000 that is. Anyone receiving housing assistance, childcare, SSI, EITC, SNAP, etc won't receive the same amount as the wealthy. The amount they do receive will then be used on their health bills. "Ending homelessness" my asscheeks.
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It's incredibly eyebrow raising to watch a Yang ad saying we need Medicare for All and then 2 seconds later watching him react to it & tell us we can't have it because it's impossible.
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@brendanwoodcock Why don't you look up the way his UBI is funded. This info is pretty well known at this point. It's through slashing social programs & a VAT tax. The only thing that he's said actually stacks with UBI is SSDI, a specific form of Social Security disabilities. That leaves numerous other benefits that people will lose if they want to even qualify to receive the 1K that everyone else in the country receives. This means that his "universal basic income" is not actually universal because it exempts the poorest people in America who are already receiving enough money in benefits that it would cancel out any amount Yang offers as an alternative.
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@Banderoism "It stacks with many social services." No it does not. If you're going to make a claim like this back it up. The only program that Yang claims it stacks with on his website is SSDI. I have also read in a Medium blog post that it apparently also stacks with OASDI, which is close to the same thing as SSDI. However, these are the only two programs. It does not stack with SSI (another form of Social Security), WIC, SNAP, TANF, EITC, housing assistance, childcare, and all other forms of assistance that Yang does not specifically exclude in his policy details. Please do not just make things up when there is no evidence to back it up.
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@williampatrickwoods That's very ironic, considering Bernie supporters don't have to worry about Bernie suddenly backing off of his entire healthcare proposal or other policies he supports. He's extremely consistent. Yang is the one who lied about his support for Medicare for All, still advertises himself as a proponent for "Medicare for All", and yet you're shaking your finger at Bernie supporters for calling this out. It's no better than the crap Warren has done in the past week. It's dishonest and dirty politics. Yang should be up front with his positions.
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@Levixne It's almost like he's a confused little child who wants to just trick the public into voting for him by lying about his position in an ad. You think we're fucking stupid?
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