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Andrew Yang to Give Iowa Family $1K a Month in ‘Trial Run’ of Universal Basic Income Plan

The “Freedom Dividend” test run will reportedly last one year for the family.

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s campaign announced Tuesday that an Iowa family would be receiving $1,000 per month for a year as part of Yang’s effort to show the benefits of his proposed “Freedom Dividend” universal basic income plan. According to CBS News, Yang is spending $12,000 of his own money to give to Iowa Falls resident Kyle Christensen’s family as a “trial run” for his plan. Christensen, an IT professional who lives with his mother, claims most of the money will go to his mom’s medical bills and a trip to Florida to visit family. He’ll reportedly receive his first “Freedom Dividend” payment in July. Yang previously gave a similar stipend to a New Hampshire family to promote the plan, which he said would be funded with a 10 percent value-added tax on production of goods and services and generate billions in revenue if it were to be implemented nation-wide.