Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang defended his proposed proto-universal basic income scheme Sunday
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang defended his proposed proto-universal basic income plan Sunday, rejecting suggestions that a campaign giving random families thousands of dollars was illegal.he would give 10 random families $120,000 as a pilot for his keystone universal basic income proposal. The Yang campaign said the money would come from campaign funds, a remark that raised eyebrows about its legality.
"No one would blink an eye," Yang said. "But if we give the money directly to the American people, somehow that's problematic. So it just speaks how messed up our system is where giving money directly to Americans actually raises eyebrows."Yang also doubled down on his calls to forgive new “Saturday Night Live“ cast member Shane Gillis, who has come under fire for a resurfaced recording of him making racist comments about Asians.
"I do think anti-Asian racial epithets are not taken as seriously as slurs against other groups," Yang said. "But at the same time, bigger picture, I believe that our country has become excessively punitive and vindictive about remarks that people find offensive or racist and that we need to try and move beyond that if we can."
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