# Lost Topic: Andrew Yang's UBI Proposal **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 11, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326 "2021-10-11T23:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326/1 "2021-10-11T23:26:37Z")
circa 2019, now-banned OP **HurricaneDitka** , #great-debates. Featured many posts by @Heffalump_and_Roo, @Ryan_Liam, and myself. The old (now dead) link was [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=872849](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=872849), as referenced here: [How many Americans live in a family that receives at least $1,000/adult in monthly govt. benefits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-americans-live-in-a-family-that-receives-at-least-1-000-adult-in-monthly-govt-benefits/832403) ~Max ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326/3 "2021-10-11T23:42:40Z")
Is this it? > [@UBI in the US (from the Andrew Yang thread in Elections)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubi-in-the-us-from-the-andrew-yang-thread-in-elections/840075): > > In the Andrew Yang thread in Elections, ralfy is asking some questions that seem more suited to a debate. I’m starting a thread for anyone to discuss his questions or more generally UBI in the US or perhaps Andrew Yang’s plan for UBI. There is a thread that was started already in Great Debated for Andrew Yang’s UBI a while ago which I’ll link. Andrew Yang’s UBI proposal Paget Kagy, a Yang Gang youtuber, has a nice analysis of these articles in this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUbzQDlIfws). (at minute 10:35) If anyone is in… ETA: I notice that the included link (Andrew Yang’s UBI proposal) does not function. Like, not even to an Oops. That page doesn’t exist. message. Might be actually lost, but maybe the mods can plow it up from the cornfield. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326/4 "2021-10-12T00:27:45Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > ETA: I notice that the included link (Andrew Yang’s UBI proposal) does not function. Like, not even to an Oops. That page doesn’t exist. message. The switch to Discourse broke a vast number of links in that way. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326/5 "2021-10-12T03:44:09Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Is this it? No, that’s not the one. I can’t get HurricaneDitka’s name to populate on the search bar. Perhaps that’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326/6 "2021-10-12T03:51:42Z")
A list of all of HurricaneDitka’s OPs: > **[HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hurricaneditka/activity/topics)** I don’t see the thread you’re looking for listed there. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326/7 "2021-10-12T04:10:14Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > A list of all of HurricaneDitka’s OPs: Thanks. That’s further than I got. I don’t see it either. I also see the link in my OP in the thread above but the link doesn’t do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326/8 "2021-10-12T15:39:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The switch to Discourse broke a vast number of links in that way. The switch to Discourse broke a lot of links, but I haven’t seen any broken _that_ way before (where that way is that there is simply no target specified in the link tag.) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-topic-andrew-yangs-ubi-proposal/952326/9 "2021-10-12T17:11:11Z")
I’ve seen a couple like that. ~Max