20/20 On 2020: Andrew yang

Presidential elections are always a pain to keep up with. As people walk into the ring to keep our country great, they can put on fake smiles or have their good ideas shunned by others. Due to this, the research that comes along with them can be tedious. Fortunately, just for you, we have a concise overview of Democratic candidate, Andrew Yang. He has an Asian background and was born to immigrant parents from Taiwan. On his website, he makes it clear what his immigration policies are. Unlike other Democrats in The House, he wants a stronger immigration policy. Andrew may not be as tough as Trump’s policies, he does recognize that there should not be illegals in the country and the number of them should decrease in the future.

In the past months, a multitude of optimistic frontrunners have decided to put their bid for the presidency for 2020. Of the many who have already signed up, one is none other than Andrew Yang. Born on January 13th, 1975, Andrew is currently 44 and will be 45 when the race comes up. He has a wife and two sons. Yang runs for office as the family guy type that Obama profited off in the elections of 2008 and 2012, claiming that, “The country my sons will grow up in is going to be very different than the one I grew up in.”He will be running as a Democrat and pushes for Universal Basic Income(UBI) which will be further explained.

He pushes a specific idea with his slogan, “Humanity First.” He has made it a point that believes that the future of America looks economically unstable. Instead of looking at extensive welfare and healthcare programs instituted in the past decade, he decided to go into the future: automation. He has rambled time after time over job loses due to automation and says that there can be further economic loss besides that. Andrew says that he will regulate the system to stop excessive job loss due to automation from technology. Along with this, he pushes for “Human-Centered Capitalism.” This is an idea where humans are more important than money and that markets exist to serve our common goals and values. He wishes to “maximize human welfare.”

However, his main spearhead is the idea of Universal Basic Income. Universal basic income is a socialistic economic policy that distributes a quantity of money to the populace of a nation regardless of economic class. Andrew’s website states, “The UBI he is proposing for the United States is a set of guaranteed payments of $1,000 per month, or $12,000 per year, to all U.S. citizens over the age of 18.” Lastly, Andrew is a strong believer in Medicare For All(MFA). This is a healthcare policy that was partially implemented during Obama’s presidency. MFA is a policy in the United States where the government forks the healthcare bill for its citizens. This is the 2nd socialistic policy Andrew Yang supports.

There you have it. Andrew Yang is a confident candidate ready to become president. Whether his policies will support economic growth, however, is a different story. Socialized policies are a very recent and new idea in mainstream politics. So far, America has been a capitalist country that has dominated the top of economic standards for over a century. Regardless, that is a topic for another article.

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"Smart People Should Build Things: How to Restore Our Culture of Achievement, Build a Path for Entrepreneurs, and Create New Jobs in America". Goodreads. Retrieved 2019-03-10