Politics | Andrew Yang Yang Announces $120K Giveaway He says 10 Americans will win $1K a month By Rob Quinn Posted Sep 12, 2019 9:22 PM CDT Copied Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, right, listens to Andrew Yang, left, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Andrew Yang made waves in the Democratic debate Thursday night with an unusual promise in his opening statement. The candidate said he would give away a total of $120,000 to people who registered to win "Freedom Dividends" at his campaign website, reports Politico. Yang, an entrepreneur, has promised to give every American a universal basic income of $1,000 a month. He says the 10 winners of the raffle will receive $1,000 a month for a year, financed by campaign donations. Fast Company calls the plan "possibly the best email-collection scheme ever devised by a politician." The next candidate to speak was Pete Buttigieg. "It's original. I'll give you that," he said to Yang. Read These Next Trump is calling out the 'arm of the Democratic party.' Man murdered in Mississippi is a US-touring comedian. You know you're good when you get a high-five from your heckler. Trump thinks "Department of War" sounds better. Report an error