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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Sep 13
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    Is it even legal for a political candidate to give voters large cash payments? There's a world in which that could be described as... graft?

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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Sep 13
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        ...no, promising to institute wealth-redistribution programs when in power is not analogous to a *candidate* offering to issue cash payments while *seeking* elective office

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      2. Varnell Trill - did ya miss me?‏ @Teknontheou Sep 13
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        Yang knew what he was proposing was likely not legal. He just wanted to get that out there to influence people. No money will ever be paid in the way he described it last night.

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      3. chickpea‏ @chickpe60837457 Sep 13
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        I hope you sign up and win because UBI can work and help so many people in this country. Other candidates are funneling money into tv ads and other nonsense. Yang is letting Americans , even those who may not be on board w/ him, be autonomous with their money

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      1. Rulie Maulana‏ @ruliemaulana Sep 13
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        For ten people who didn't even had to vote the candidate? Every other politicians should test their policies IRL too. Platitudes don't solve single thing.

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      1. Hector Rivera  🌺‏ @HRivera72964164 Sep 13
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        I appreciate the UBI concept but his FP is very main stream imperialistic despite his "end forever wars" platform.

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      2. Elizabeth Burton‏ @ZBooksTX Sep 13
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        The FEC is no longer functioning, which makes the timing of this "experiment" highly suspect. Y*** proposed it months ago & was likely informed it was illegal.

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      3. Robert Almeida | ロバート  🧢‏ @Robert__Almeida Sep 13
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        He is doing it right now with 3 different families. Totally fine and legal.

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      1. Rocky White‏ @ARockyW Sep 13
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        I try to sell my vote every year for a direct cash payment. I offer it to politicians or just anyone who cares about their democracy. No one has ever offered anything for it. They just laugh. My vote is worth nothing. I have proof. It's the dirty little secret of "democracy."

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      1. JohnChrysorhoas‏ @JohnChrysorhoas Sep 13
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        I believe in 2012 Mitt Romney offered to cover one or two young people's college costs in an effort to improve his deservedly atrocious reputation. But I think Yang treats it as a social-economic experiment that will show the merit of his UBI policy proposal(ergo not a bribe)

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      1.  🌱Weatherford_Administration 💎‏ @Run_the_numbers Sep 13
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        It’s not conditional. That’s the difference.

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      1. 𝕄𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕚𝕩𝕥𝕙 🧢‏ @Mithraditesda6 Sep 13
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        I would rather the money be given to us rather than the government or corporations.

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      1. Adam Robert Thomas‏ @TheCromulentMan Sep 13
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        I mean, congrats, you just made the conservative argument against welfare.

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      2. Guy Pearson‏ @iamwhoisme Sep 13
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        No, graft would be a politician accepting a bribe to award a lucrative contract to someone.

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      3. Bacon & More #BetsyRossShoes‏ @BaconMore1 Sep 13
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        That would never happen.

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      1. Rob Levine‏ @roblevine82 Sep 13
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        Sounds more like... a lottery

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      1. just Adam  🏴‏ @abrhinehart Sep 13
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        politicians bribe voters every cycle. "vote for me and i'll expand program X." Yang's 60k is a drop in the bucket.

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      1. marinette‏ @marinettechouhy Sep 13
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        Here in Argentina they do it all the time It’s morally wrong but pretty efficient. And that’s how corrupt politics is around here When I hear some democrats candidates in the Usa speak and promise free stuff, rings close to home. It’s scary

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      1. Brian Donohue‏ @dailyrev Sep 13
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        Graft if Yang does it; if Joe does it, we call it "gaffed"

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      2. ShaneWolfe‏ @GBotMAB Sep 13
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        If he gets too close to winning the nomination from the DNC favored, I'm sure the FBI will investigate his graft, and it's clear link to Russia.

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      3. ShaneWolfe‏ @GBotMAB Sep 13
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        Until then, the DNC gets a cut of his donations. So, all good. The more the merrier.

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