After losing the 2016 Presidential Election, The Democratic Party is desperately seeking someone who can go head to head with Donald Trump. During the 2019 Democratic debates, there was a staggering twenty democratic nominees, with big shot names like Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris. Among the near two-dozen candidates, there was one unlikely outlier – Mr. Andrew Yang.

Having no prior political experience hasn’t stopped the 47 year old, who has compiled over a hundred policies, that can be found on his website Yang2020.com. Andrew Yang’s political outlook is quite simple; most of his ideas derive from numbers and facts. Yang himself refers to the fact that he’s a “numbers guy” and often takes shots at Trump by saying “The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man that likes math,” which ironically is true in his instance. All antics aside, his policies are well thought out and structurally sound.

There are three policies that have helped Andrew Yang reach the political forefront: Medicare for All, Human-Centered Capitalism, and The Freedom Dividend. Andrew Yang proposes Medicare for all because he believes that quality healthcare is not a privilege, but a basic human right. Medicare for All is huge for families who don’t have or simply cannot afford healthcare. By everyone having healthcare it makes it cheaper and the quality of care increases. As of right now healthcare is very expensive in the U.S and not as good as other industrialized countries; in fact, there are many other industrialized countries that have universal healthcare with much better turnouts.

A human-centered Capitalistic economy is one of the main catalysts to achieving a prosperous future. Yang says it best when he weighs in on the issue, “Our current emphasis on corporate profits isn’t working for the vast majority of Americans. This will only be made worse by the development of automation technology and AI.We need to move to a new form of capitalism – Human Capitalism – that’s geared towards maximizing human well-being and fulfillment.” Presently, companies value profits over employees well being. A Human-Centered economy will bring back the dignity and pride of many hard-working Americans.

Lastly, the number one policy that Andrew Yang’s whole campaign is running on is the Freedom Dividend. Yang wants to give every American one thousand dollars a month, starting at age eighteen. This sounds outrageous, but it’s quite plausible. Huge tech companies like Facebook, Uber, and Amazon pay zero in taxes and Yang wants to give them a 10 percent tax added to every Facebook ad, Uber Mile and Amazon purchase. The main purpose for “Universal Basic Income” is that America is automating away millions of jobs; 30% of all malls are closing because of Amazon, most telemarketers are robots and over the next 5-10 years there will be self-driving trucks that will put 4 million people at risk of losing their jobs. Yang is concerned that robots will take millions of jobs and leave many people unemployed and with little options. UBI will give many Americans another option. With an extra thousand dollars a month. people will gain a little bit more financial freedom that can help with medical bills, vehicle and home payments, and much more. This will also help stimulate the economy because people will be able to spend more since they’ll have more with the freedom dividend.

Andrew Yang is very unique candidate with many different ideas than his competitors. With the Human-Centered Capitalism, Universal Healthcare and the Freedom Dividend Yang has rapidly climbed the polls, beating mayors, U.S Reps and many senators; while having no prior political experience. Yang’s “not right, not left, but forward” initiative has resonated with many Americans, republican and democrat and he is definitely a candidate to look out for. To learn more about Andrew Yang, visit www.Yang2020.com.