2020 sweepstakes: Dem candidates compete to give away billions in taxpayer $$

"Medicare-for-all" and free community college are just the starting point. Some candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination are going beyond promising gobs of government benefits and proposing a more straightforward approach -- simply giving away money.

Candidates like Cory Booker, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang are among those pitching cash handout plans this election cycle.

And for Yang, a tech entrepreneur who warns that an automation crisis will soon rock America's economy, the handout program is his defining campaign policy. His plan is simple, on the surface: every American...