Adam McConnall, I think you are correct with the plusses of Andrew Yang’s base income for all adults. It can provide that secure platform to fall back on as well as a platform to go to school, establish a business, go paint pictures or whatever. Even more important perhaps, it could be instrumental in countering the division of prosperity (and likelihoods of) that created the position for Donald Trump in the first place. Some of the inequities caused by trade and globalization (that have served to lift the wealth of the majority) can be minimized.

Of course, you do not need Wang as President for this to happen. Some other candidate could adopt his plan (like Pete Buttigieg, for one). Certainly lots of credit to Wang although the idea is not exactly new (it was either Libertarian or even Republican I believe).