Bernie Sanders wants to double Andrew Yang’s universal basic income idea to combat coronavirus

By Naomi Lim

Published March 18, 2020 12:42am ET

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Bernie Sanders wants to double Andrew Yang’s universal basic income idea to combat coronavirus — Bernie Sanders said he believes giving every household in the country $2,000 will help ease financial pain caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. “We need to provide a direct emergency $2,000 cash payment to every household in America every month for the duration of the crisis to provide them with the assistance they need to pay […]

Bernie Sanders said he believes giving every household in the country $2,000 will help ease financial pain caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

“We need to provide a direct emergency $2,000 cash payment to every household in America every month for the duration of the crisis to provide them with the assistance they need to pay their bills and take care of their families,” Sanders said during a 50-minute policy address Tuesday.

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