30 billion

I thought he was referring to the total U.S population.

I thought we were doing math

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well, I suppose it's only adults so it's less than that

~250 million adults

If we assume that unlike healthcare apparently, he only want to give this to adult citizens that would be 93% of that is 232 million*$1000 is $232 billion

Don't forget the 200-500 billion in reparations.

x12 is 2.78 trillion per year

Yeah, it's in the $3T per year range

not to mention that it's going to become basically worthless in a couple of years because it will cause massive inflation.

Yang is an idiot.

Social Security costs about $900 billion so it would be substantially bigger than any current entitlement

Delete all entitlements, then we can talk UBI

How about we delete all entitlements and then *don't* talk UBI?

It would be about the current cost of Medicare/caid, SS, Unemployment, and food stamps combined

Because it's literally just a foot in the door down the hallway to Communism

Survival of the fittest.

Down with entitlements!

We weren't living in the world of 'nature red in tooth and claw' before entitlements.

People are capable of helping each other without government force.

Not taking into consideration that SS is a ponsi scheme that people have already paid into and you can't really end it or switch the money over to a different entitlement

@pokemon_fetish I never realized how many songs I love are by Toto.

I wonder how long until Vox decides a white guy singing about Africa is racist

Soon ™

The music video was hilariously weird, I had never seen it before.

All I can think about is how long until he is #MeToo'd by his secretary

Ah, the 80s.

I wish I was old enough to remember them.

Duran Duran > Toto

Change my mind.

Primus > human existence

*"YANG is an idiot."*
Yes, I suspect the point of my shit math question might have been there...

Sadly a better option exists, but if I bother trying to say it 8 people will inter (right there)upt me and tell me I'm wrong because they know so mu(and again)ch better what I'm about to say, and be utterly ***WRO***(again)***GN.***

Yes, you are such a victim because people disagree with your proposed extremist legislation...

Why don't you just go ahead and suggest your alternative instead of playing the martyr?

Wrogn!

Joe wrogn

Because of responses like that...

Let's see, first time, 5 years ago, it was called *"a profit scheme for big oil."* Next, about a year later, *"no such industry."* Uh, next one was *"you don't understand market forces, you'd need a pipeline costing millions"* (I snicker at this, because it was specifically over DAPL).

I've danced to this tune before...

What. The. Fuck. are you talking about?

*What is your better option as an alternative to the UBI?*

Part of me wonders if this is just one giant meme-scheme by Masala Curry.