A proposed California law would give almost every adult in the state $1,000 per month, similar to the universal basic income plan of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
The program would be paid for with a state value-added tax of 10 percent on goods and services, with exemptions for groceries, medicine, medical supplies, clothing, textbooks and other items. Recipients of several programs, including the state's Medicaid plan, would be ineligible.
Yang dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination on February 11, after disappointing results in the New Hampshire primary. The longshot Yang campaign garnered a surprising amount of support and his UBI proposal popularized the idea to an unprecedented degree. Yang dubbed the payments offered by his plan"Freedom Dividends," which would have mirrored the Low plan in giving most U.S. adults $1,000 per month.of Yang's plan are likely to have similar critiques of Low's proposal.
California State Assembly member Evan Low speaks at an event in Los Angeles, California on September 29, 2018.California is currently experimenting with UBI on a much smaller scale. A select 125 low-income residents of the city of Stockton are being given an unconditional $500 per month, with the payments having no effect on other forms of public assistance.
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