Universal basic income in the future

[Rev. Rye]

I've heard a bit about it, mostly on Rationalwiki, particulaly as it relates to Andrew Yang, and the alt-right fans that have somehow managed to latch onto this Democratic candidate. Among a few other things, like one tweet about white birth rates (technically more related to population replacement levels, supported by that bastion of far-right thought, the New York Times), another tweet that I couldn't find claiming that Americans are underdogs in their own countries (it looks like here, he was talking about income inequality and the ZOG-obsessed alt-righters decided it was some conspiracy theory), his opposition to circumcision (which, while far more due to potential health issues than religious [he does provide religious exemptions], these Alt-righters think they have an excuse to target two certain religious groups they despise), they seem to be most interested in him due to his campaign for a Freedom Dividend (a $1000/month buffer against redundancy.)

So, you can find this strange gang of alt-righters called "The Yang Gang" defecting from Trump (someone who parrots the bullshit they want to hear) to this Democrat who's so much they don't like, because, if he gets in, they'll still not get much closer to the Ethnostate than they are with Trump, but at least they're getting $12,000 per annum out of it.

On the subject itself, it's kind of like reparations, one of those things I think could be a good idea, but I seriously don't know if we can get it to work. At least with UBI, we at least have a good idea of what form it should take, how much should be paid, and how generally to siphon off the money for the UBI. And of course, given how $12,000 per annum is less than we'd get from 40 hours a week at $7.25/hour minimum wage (which is generally considered too damn low), it's still questionable how good of a buffer it is.