Presidential candidate Andrew Yang's proposed universal income would cost the federal government $2.8 trillion, and single payer healthcare would reportedly cost $32 trillion, in conjunction with a $93 trillion price tag for the Green New Deal.
Flores critiques the financial implications of progressive proposals like universal income and healthcare.
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