Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidates on Welfare and Poverty
June 3, 2019Cory Booker:
HOME Act: $134 billion a year via EITC for people in poverty. (Jan 2019)
Kamala Harris:
LIFT Act and Rent Relief: $42 billion to people in poverty.
Beto O`Rourke:
Pushed "El Paso renaissance": Walmart replaces poor housing.
Bernie Sanders:
1980s USSR housing worse than U.S.'s, but they pay only 5%.
Elizabeth Warren:
Address housing crisis by assisting cities & homebuyers.
Andrew Yang:
Increase affordable housing; get localities to change zoning.
Freedom Dividend: create a universal basic income.
Source: OnTheIssues.org