Andrew Yang: ‘No one should be working and be poor’ in America

Andrew Yang, co-chair of the Forward Party, ran for president in 2020 on the idea of giving every American $1,000 a month. He joins Meet the Press Reports to discuss why many workers still don’t make enough to get by today.
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#AndrewYang #Economy #Salary

[@ohtheir0ny831]

Nobody should be working full time 40 hour weeks and be poor. Hard agree.

[@MamacitaBonita]

Then work 80 hours and donate half your wages to those that are poor than. Problem solved.

[@ohtheir0ny831]

@@MamacitaBonita what are you on about?

[@B86432]

you really think the min wage should be 25$ an hr lol 50% of the business would close you are paid a task you are paid for the job at hand not the person isnt the companies fault want better then better yourself sacrifice like everyone else did in time to get ahead get some education train anyting but it isnt the employers job to pay your bills.

[@Slayr.]

@@B86432 Don't talk about education with that kind of grammar. They said nothing about $25 an hour. Quit putting words in people's mouth, weirdo.

[@dcrose001]

​@@MamacitaBonitasaid the failure living with mommy

[@BigDaddyKai620]

You know what I like about Andrew Yang. No fake smiles and he goes straight to the point.

[@dexterious006]

The point is bullsh*t.

[@buttplug8021]

@BigDaddyKai620 He fake cries.

[@tomjeff8262]

yes, no fake smile. he will give everyone 1000/m without stealing from others, he is santa, his gov will create wealth than private sector.

[@doctorbigsmiles]

He's as fake as they come, if you buy his shtick, well I feel sorry for ya

[@cliftonmobile123]

How would you know that if you don't know him personally you didn't grow up with him you didn't hang around with him so how do you know what's a real smile and a fake smile how do you know his real emotions from his fake emotions?

[@rayjordan8513]

Show respect to this man. He might have single handly saved the economy during covid. The government took his ideas and ran with them

[@kenyapressley6706]

they lowered the level for poverty in his mother's homeland to lie to the world and proclaim poverty was alleviated there. He can not speak to me about poverty, with his "I'm a democrat", "I'm a republican", "I'm a democrat", "I support 3+ genders", "I support two genders", etc. HE IS AS BAD AS HILLARY!

[@Anthony-wm5of]

Enjoy the inflation and decline of the country 😂

[@Anidem9]

@@Anthony-wm5of Honestly I'm to a point where I believe that the people in charge are doing all of this on purpose to keep people desperate. In short, inflation seems to be an artificial construct.

[@inthendwealldie]

@@Anthony-wm5of The US likely doing 10x than your country

[@kimeli]

@@Anthony-wm5of the inflation has got nothing to do with the hand outs, its corporate greed going after 90% profit margin.

[@captainpicard6566]

Americans as a whole didn’t listen to this man. Everything he has said has now come true, and every single person is suffering because of it. Wow, I feel like I’m living nightmare. A man who warns us of great tragedy, but the masses don’t listen or take him seriously. Humans are really dumb.

[@therealkoolaidandkale]

Humans are dumb af.

[@Ghostrider1717x]

So True! Worst part is I see us making the same mistakes over and over for the foreseeable future. Hard to be optimistic about where we’re headed

[@Whattheqwal]

We deserve to get erased from the world from a Thanos snap

[@fitybux4664]

It is cheaper to convince people of a short idea like "I'm not crazy like my opponent" (basically the platform that Biden ran on) than to try to convince someone of a more complex argument like, "smart computers that don't exist yet are coming for your job in a few years". (Back when ChatGPT was not widespread knowledge.) Conveying a longer message costs more campaign dollars.

[@karenstiltner1386]

Nobody listens to me either and I'm a big picture thinker.

[@malcolmhodnett8874]

He is one of the only people who speaks like he has a realistic understanding of how hard it can be to make it in the modern American economy

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Our ancestors who worked almost constantly would think we whine to much

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

More democrat handouts than ever why are things hard

[@RandomNoob1124]

Yup

[@shadowsoulless6227]

​@@fritzforsthoefel8031I want you to go fight in a war and not complain about it then you can talk.

[@shadowsoulless6227]

​@@fritzforsthoefel8031crazy because you're generation got lots of reduced interest rates and the banks just through home loans at everyone. Absolutely crazy how your generation that leached off the system and sucked it dry for everybody else gets to talk about socialism and how everyone's now just lazy and looking for a hand out. I want you to not use any of your bank accounts not put any of your experience on an application or any education higher than high school, go get a job work 40 hours a week, then try to go get somewhere to live. I want you to go start from nothing and build yourself back up in this economy and then come talk to me.

[@ajaydillon4759]

So sad more people didn't give Andrew Yang the attention he deserved during his run. One of the most down to earth, knowledgeable, and fair people to ever run. We had a huge opportunity to set some regulations on AI in place but people didn't think it would come this fast. If we don't start soon it will be so far gone we will have missed the chance to keep it in check. Best of luck Andrew. I'm still hoping your voice will make a difference.

[@jmhorange]

There's stuff happening with regulations and people across industries fighting for it. I'm glad Yang has been talking about AI for a while but it's hard to write regulations before a new technology or new changes in society comes to pass. Courts are very reluctant to speculate for the future as there might be unintended consequences. We haven't missed the opportunity. The opportunity is now.

[@pastasoo]

In the words of Donald Trump, "The media treats me so unfair" - In Yang's case, it is true, they set double standards for Yang and demonize him for things that they wouldn't do to his opponents. They cut his air time and limit his exposure to the public as well. In the presidential debates, he was given a few minutes to answer questions and debate while the other more popular candidates were given way more time, like Biden were given what seems like forever to barely answer anything. Even in the NYC mayoral election, Yang was vilified by progressives because of his political views of Israel while his opponents who share the same views got no heat for it at all.

[@andrewsmith8715]

He was to out there for most of the mainline democratic voters and the conservatives were never going to vote for him. His campaign was doomed from the start which was a shame.

[@eatnplaytoday]

It’s dumb how people rather vote for trump and his MAGA slogan than someone who actually understands their position instead of a man who is filthy rich and will never understand them completely

[@autobotdiva9268]

he need to fix his own country

[@erikschaeffer8419]

I missed seeing Andrew yang getting recognized for his smart ideas and progressive thoughts on how to help basic needs citizens.

[@brunhildewagner1198]

Another bad idea with good intent by a man who has probably never read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nation or Milton Friedman's Freedom and & Capitalism. When you give everyone $1000, it basically raises the prices of things in the market, because people are an additional $1000 flush with cash. This is simple economics. In other words, the $1000 becomes the new zero. As an example, the covid era "stimulus" (which Yang himself mentions were basically tax credits and child care paychecks etc) was one of the factors in the inflation that soon followed. Also, there is a moral issue - the government will be coercing the high/middle income earners to chip in for the Basic Universal Income for the others who do not have income or have low incomes. What gives the government the moral right to force a benevolence for the low income group out of the rest of the citizens, with the tax collector's gun to their heads? I am sure this idea is well loved by all the moochers & looters in the crowd (which is the unfortunately majority of you Americans who do not have *any* knowledge of basic economics, history or civics). There is no such thing as a free lunch people! Basic Universal Income is merely wealth redistribution not wealth generation.

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Free money at our childrens expense the democrat way meanwhile our debt gets bigger and bigger

[@kenyapressley6706]

they lowered the level for poverty in his mother's homeland to lie to the world and proclaim poverty was alleviated there. He can not speak to me about poverty, with his "I'm a democrat", "I'm a republican", "I'm a democrat", "I support 3+ genders", "I support two genders", etc. HE IS AS BAD AS HILLARY!

[@johnwaters7847]

​@@fritzforsthoefel8031Forget about debt, even if debt is affordable. Universal basic income lead to society collapse

[@erikschaeffer8419]

@@fritzforsthoefel8031 ahhh so clearly you haven't listened to a thing he said or any of the plans he laid out at all. just another who will be ignorant and not listen cause they aren't your choice. the children don't suffer but get an actual chance in this country with a ubi, but you don't actually care for an argument or even constructive conversation other wise you would have proven your point or had any evidence or substance to back up your claims. just gonna say its bad for kids and act like you have a clue. when your generation was part of what made our country you worse.

[@pqfire0950]

Nothing but respect for this man.

[@vectoralphaAI]

Same

[@nexusyang4832]

"If this dude can unite a KZbin comment section, he can unite a country."

[@YCHTT]

Too bad a country full of brainwashed identity political sheep who enjoys the drama being left or right instead of uniting for the betterment of their country.

[@caribman10]

He didn't do that, so.....

[@Exen88]

I’m pretty sure he united the country.. Yang gang was all over the country.. but a leader who brings up real issue before it’s time.. whether he wins or not is definition of a “true selfless leader”. Unfortunately this country is 51% elementary.

[@pharag4886]

Haha 😂

[@MikeBNumba6]

Rural Americans aren't going to want this. They will consider it socialism and government handouts

[@ras9272]

He was so right about AI, most average Americans didn't see it as a concern at that time. Now, looking at the landscape and where AI is headed... AI can now do what no one thought AI could, create art, write, act, etc. His ideas were essential.

[@michaelmai281]

yeah but he was dead wrong about the trucking jobs disappearing first. I guess he was using same election tactic that Trump used with miners but it didnt work

[@KingMessiah1999]

Ai cant pick the fields. Ai cant put shingles on roofs. The poor will still do the dirty work.

[@jrheeeee]

@@michaelmai281it’ll happen soon doe. Just cuz it hasn’t happened yet don’t mean it won’t. Tech advances exponentially. Design and application is already there. It’s clean data collection at this point.

[@lukeGGlee]

Its true…why hire an artist when you can just get it for free from AI generator

[@TheEnd-eg6wq]

@@jrheeeee Some things arent as easy as they seem, remember we were supposed to have flying cars decades ago, blue collar labor will not be AI!

[@attensecallaway9752]

He has eyes to see, a heart, and doesn't speak like a teenage boy or a geriatric corpse. If he runs again he has my vote. The level of understanding of reality that he has is so refreshing.

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Free money at someone else's expense is a sure way to bankruptcy for our children don't you care

[@jgray6392]

He is so right! $1000 a month would be a game changer for myself and millions of other Americans.

[@joethao2161]

I don’t think Americans are ready for a guy like Andrew Yang yet. The guy is way too smart for a lot of people to understand what’s going on.

[@Pray4Cilley]

Yea maybe in 20 yrs

[@catdeerduck]

Dude literally ran on the correct platform for our current problems.

[@lovesugarshow]

Andrew Yang is too amazing for us

[@mattcgw]

Really is the conspiracy theory meme of 'you can't handle the truth' Movie Trope.

[@dasalekhya]

one half _IS_ ready ... but the *60--70 million PROUDLY ILLITERATE militia* is big enough to block it .. So, not only they will drown ... they will take everyone else with them

[@terrellfair9812]

You know what? I like this guy. I love how he can actually break down the situation instead of empty platitudes and sensationalism

[@PatrickGotHands]

He can break down the situations but he can’t do Math. We’re in debt, go get a job

[@terrellfair9812]

@KZbinDislikesConservativeidk we are in debt because they spend money on on stupid things. Like a proxy war. With Russia. America needs to start producing things again. And tbh. I'd start putting these migrants to work. If they wanna come so bad. I would leverage them to help us stop buying from china

[@joshuabarnes7552]

You haven't been listening to him then because he's been inconsistent on it especially his poor attempt at a third party. UBI wasn't even part of his policy.

[@terrellfair9812]

@@joshuabarnes7552 interesting , if he decides to run ill look into that

[@lane89]

@@PatrickGotHands well obviously we are in debt because the way things have been going is creating debt 💸

[@jinetix]

I would vote for this guy. Getting sick and tired of politicians being vague, beating around the bush, afraid of being wrong, being out of touch with the average American, and not laying out any vision or solution to problems we face everyday. It seems Yang was right about this 4th "industrial" revolution and our quality of living has gotten worse year after year with tech advances eliminating most entry to mid level jobs. Personally, I'm not even considering marriage or kids knowing the way things are now and where things are headed. I initially had a knee jerk reaction with UBI and was against it but I am totally for it after doing research on how it works to boost the economy from the bottom up.

[@user-iu4wh1zs6t]

UBI can be the next "land grants" that make generational wealth. Hopefully it won't be a racist handout like when colonists ordered a genocide against the native people. The Veterans Administration has been proven to show racial bias in benefits awards ( white / Caucasians received more overall, and sooner, compared to other races) . The additional danger is becoming "king maker" of political allies; help the friends of friends who will donate or help run political campaign events.

[@user-fx8by7vi4y]

I believe Andrew Yang to be the most underrated politician in America. He has great ideas and if he were given the opportunity to be a Secretary of the Treasury or even Head of Government, he would make a huge difference in the lives of many people and help grow a nation's economy.

[@dorthymcbride3384]

The American dream now is to stay alive and not be afraid to go out of our homes!

[@jeffreyschnitman2484]

Where I live in Florida is dangerous at night. I grew up in NYS and could go out all night no prob.

[@williamyoung9401]

Well, that failed. 'Stand Your Ground' laws are now commonplace all over America...

[@WarbirdPhoenix]

​@jeffreyschnitman2484 You get a pass Florida as you got freaking dinosaurs strolling around down there and i'm not talking about the boomers,lol

[@WisomofHal]

Speak for yourself

[@paul-young]

What are you afraid of?

[@carole3877]

Andrew Yang is grossly underrated. He is smart and very insightful

[@vampr20ranger]

he will never gain power sadly. corporations wont side with him and will go against him, and he's honest, he tells the truth and is for helping the people, good ppl never gain power in a corrupted government like ours. but if he starts a new party like i believe he is after last i heard I'd vote for him.

[@bobbygold3889]

He's trying to enslave y'all through inflation. If you give everyone working and non-working $1000 a month then some people will decide that they don't want to work anymore. Shops will need to raise salaries to attract staff back to work. Shops therefore raise prices. End result: consumer is no better off - but now it's dependent on the government for $1000 extra each month just to buy the same quality of life that they had before UBI. End result: slaves to the government. Be awake y'all! It's not free money. You pay with your freedom

[@artspark7697]

@@vampr20ranger We really need to change our entire system.

[@emerraldx]

Forward Party is how we change the election system so we can get some politicians willing to make the braver reforms

[@boketto9521]

​@vampr20ranger I like yang but I agree, what he preaches isn't in line with the powers that be

[@lihharusan1]

This man just wants to find solutions that will help improve our country. We need more people like him running in office.

[@SkylarFlowers783]

We are literally in The Great Depression Part 2 but no one is brave enough to say it!

[@alexchavez3244]

We are and the Third World War will happen but this time they won’t be no recovery sadly the world as we know will end

[@ziziroberts8041]

Nobody should be a retired teacher renting a room in Florida. Inflation has surpassed her retirement income. Rent up 30% in a year. DEREGULATION sucks.

[@kevinwoods9274]

Sounds hard to believe.

[@francismarion6400]

Deregulation of what?

[@bluestonemetallic7]

…it is truly unfortunate a retired teacher have to rent a room. Obviously, teaching is an important profession and they’re NOT getting compensated accordingly. Since pro athletes are getting paid SO handsomely…WHY not do the same for teachers, teacher assistants, and the related positions. It’s ONLY fair.

[@kevinwoods9274]

@@bluestonemetallic7 Is this irony?

[@dentonfender6492]

@@bluestonemetallic7 Crony Capitalism is by design never ever "fair". It has evolved to benefit "only" the rich. Socialism for the rich, and rugged individualism for the poor. It stinks to high heavens!

[@cletusjones9411]

“Nobody who works should be poor in America.” Wow! Nobody has ever said that before.

[@Kate-mg3rb]

🤖

[@dritemolawzbks8574]

Really? You have heard any of the Democratic Socialist?

[@cletusjones9411]

@@Kate-mg3rb beep boop beep

[@TheGodatwar]

This guy is a total socialist/ communist mind set lol.

[@KnockingONwood1111]

​@@TheGodatwaroh no scary words, he must be bad man.

[@davidturner6700]

I’m voting for him 😂 that $1000 a month gone change my life

[@alexmiller6848]

it will change your life and sink America like the Titanic

[@vectoralphaAI]

Imagine people actually voted for him and made him president when he was running before the pandemic. We could have had UBI during Covid19. It would have helped everything and everyone so much more.

[@MelinaGibson-dx4xh]

The poverty line is becoming ridiculous the fact that people seem to think that humans are meant to just basically work our lives away and then die is really disgusting if anyone thinks that a person should have to work three or four jobs just to support themselves when this is the only life that we have and then die you're a part of the problem no human should have to live like that understand that we only get one life

[@fearmetoo-le8dw]

if everyone worked half as much and get paid the same, everything would be twice as expensive. goods and services don't magically grow on trees. they are directly proportional to productivity x number of hours worked.

[@fearmetoo-le8dw]

the solution is to either increase your productivity (ex. becoming a doctor, lawyer, engineer) or forcing the government to take money from people who are more productive than you.

[@coutureclown333]

​@@fearmetoo-le8dwhow about recognizing the worth of all those that work? How about recognizing and addressing unprecedented corporate greed ?

[@fearmetoo-le8dw]

​ @coutureclown333 The typical net margin of an S&P 500 company is approximately 11%. So even if profits were banned and redistributed, this still wouldn't lead to a substantial rise in average wages.

[@fearmetoo-le8dw]

​@@coutureclown333 US personal income in 2022 is $22 trillion. Corporate income in 2022 is $2.3 trillion. So even if you banned corporate income and redistributed it your wage would only increase around 10% lol.

[@DrewRueDoo]

When I was a schoolteacher, I had to work 2 different part-time jobs just to pay rent. I was working 50-60 hours a week and could barely afford to pay rent. It's not right.

[@ctzoomie]

But didn't you personally choose to enter the school teacher profession ? Did you do due diligence of the pay/benefits for your profession ?? Just curious given it seems you were 'underwhelmed' by the pay and needed to subsidize your professional pay.

[@two7plumbing]

@@ctzoomieh, that attitude doesn’t work here. I don’t always disagree with your stance here. There are plenty of jobs that are less vital than others and their pay scale is going to be in accordance with this (at least in theory). However, I think most people would agree that a teacher is very much a necessary profession in today’s world. Any necessary profession out to at least merit enough pay that people aren’t discouraged from taking that job due to the fact that they’ll likely need a second job to make ends meet. Drew isn’t alone in having to had worked an additional job or two. It’s pretty much a well known fact that the average teacher does not make sufficient money for the service they are providing.

[@ctzoomie]

@@two7plumbing Personal economics and market factors always work.

[@two7plumbing]

@@ctzoomie I wish that was so

[@bobbygold3889]

He's trying to enslave y'all through inflation. If you give everyone working and non-working $1000 a month then some people will decide that they don't want to work anymore. Shops will need to raise salaries to attract staff back to work. Shops therefore raise prices. End result: consumer is no better off - but now it's dependent on the government for $1000 extra each month just to buy the same quality of life that they had before UBI. End result: slaves to the government. Be awake y'all! It's not free money. You pay with your freedom

[@leonlawrencez28]

I would vote for Yang.

[@bchin324]

But did you when he was running?

[@leonlawrencez28]

@@bchin324 He wasn't the nominee so how can you?

[@CHIEF_420]

🗳

[@tomjeff8262]

yes, he will give you 1000/m, oh, i forget, he will have to steal before giving? is it still counted as giving?

[@rubenruiz2162]

And so will all the free loader leeches in the country.

[@theuberman7170]

Andrew Yang is the guy we need. Props to the interviewer he asked some solid questions.

[@kenyapressley6706]

He can not speak to me about poverty, with his "I'm a democrat", "I'm a republican", "I'm a democrat", "I support 3+ genders", "I support two genders", etc. HE IS AS BAD AS HILLARY!

[@chrisc4208]

Yang is as always the guy I wanted to vote for and I thought it was a shame that he dropped out but I understood why. I hope I see him back in 2024. I would love to see him try to tackle the issue of credit scores in the US. It can be very difficult to understand the unspoken rules of credit and often it keeps poor people poor and just generally keeps people from using their own money for their own wants and needs.

[@RichardMiller-tq6ut]

The worst thing to do to a poor person is loan them money then charge interest

[@austinm419]

Great to see Yang doing what he does best: communicating the need for humanizing our economy ❤

[@michaeld.williamsiii9026]

Yes I absolutely agree!!!👏🏽

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

In communist china under mao he took from the rich and gave it to the masses and raised low skilled low producing workers pay dramatically result millions starved now in china low skilled workers make low wages and there are billionaires result china has one of the fastest growing economies in the world explain that

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

There is a shortage of skilled workers why is that

[@greggpon7466]

If Yang is anything it is that he is consistent.

[@MegaMijit]

couldnt have said it better myself.

[@emakelley6807]

I’d vote for this guy in a heartbeat

[@vampr20ranger]

i would to.

[@AlphaFemmeXtine]

Me too! Yang Gang 💯

[@bobbygold3889]

He's trying to enslave y'all through inflation. If you give everyone working and non-working $1000 a month then some people will decide that they don't want to work anymore. Shops will need to raise salaries to attract staff back to work. Shops therefore raise prices. End result: consumer is no better off - but now it's dependent on the government for $1000 extra each month just to buy the same quality of life that they had before UBI. End result: slaves to the government. Be awake y'all! It's not free money. You pay with your freedom

[@deezpleez3832]

that's a no brainer for me too!

[@emerraldx]

🥰🧢🥰 #YangGangForever

[@Dragonfly9887]

This man seems smart, knowledgeable, level headed, and calm. I want to see more of him!

[@tommykun1990]

He needs to run for president again, when he was asked about minimum wage, the fact that he understood that it would directly affect small business owners shows that he actually understands and cares about the people, unlike every other candidate who runs.

[@smitty5890]

The rich are just getting richer. Corp.profits are up every year, oil company's are killing the planet and making record profits. Inflation is out of control, elderly retired are struggling to make ends meet and can no longer work to try and make up the gap. We are at very hazardous time. The poor are getting poorer, climate change is at a tipping point. Sadly I can not see enough positive change now or coming. This is the disaster we are leaving our kids.

[@3joewj]

"Your income is mostly determined by your philosophy not the economy "---Jim Rohn The same economic winds blow on us all...but its not the blowing of the winds that determines your economic future---it's the set of the sail."

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

@@3joewjUseless platitudes. Just what the wealthy want you to believe. Work harder so they can get richer? Nah.

[@williamobryan682]

Blame and demand corporate criminals be held accountable ! Don't forget , YOU AND I bought their products , did the driving .

[@gabrielferrer3205]

@@williamobryan682 as if there's any other choice. the small businesses were being crippled and can't compete to the big corporations

[@cherylmatthews5507]

When a living wage exceeds $80k, the problem is corporate greed!

[@txbulldogboxing1462]

Facts

[@zergilli9719]

Not just corporate greed, but no representation from our crooked politicians

[@tomjeff8262]

Exactly, we need socialism/communism, let's start from NY/CA, then those stupid red states will follow.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

If you ain't rich, you ain't sheet. Not a single individual can afford to rent or own in the U.S. unless they're pretty daemn wealthy! 😂🤣😂 It is what it is. Acceptance is key. If you want to live, just be rich. Tomorrow, next week, whatever... ya gotta have coin to join!

[@GolDRoger-fx2fp]

​@@Novastar.SaberCombat wrong. This is not a country for the rich. It's a country for the free. Free from slavery, debt and poverty. Your ideas seems alien here. Alien ideas should be out in the land to prevent land of contamination and corruptions.

[@lexamdelac28]

What a wonderful human!!!

[@TheSaltyAdmiral]

I have always struggled to understand why it's so hard for many Americans to accept the flaws of their own country. Is it pride? Denial? Refusal to acknowledge that it's not the 80's anymore? This is a big problem, because when you don't have a problem, you don't need to look for a solution either... And the real tragedy is that to a lot of US problems, the solutions are well known and tried, if they could just get over the "humiliation" of learning from another country.... gasp! *USA is unique in that almost all of their problems are entirely self inflicted, most countries have problems they **_can't_** solve, USA has problems it **_won't_** solve.*

[@attensecallaway9752]

That is so true. Way too much arrogance and an egoic need to eat each other for the glory of it.

[@BKDDY]

I've worked with homeless and the very poor for years. Even $100 a month would save lives and change their lives dramatically.

[@kylesullivan8607]

Eh I disagree, I worked for a homeless shelter for 5 years. There was Alot of taxpayer waste with what they were given. A better solution would be if they got jobs and earned their own money they'd be less likely to waste it.

[@contemplativeidiot1]

​@@kylesullivan8607the waste happens because the programs are means tested, if you have 3 bureaucrats tracking every benefit that's where waste is happening. Universalize and make it unconditional. That cuts a ton of that out

[@AriesMarquis]

​@@kylesullivan8607I have never seen taxpayers money used WISELY by the government...NEVER

[@yoboybigj875]

​@@kylesullivan8607what are the taxpayer doing for the us..i barely got anything from tax return... Government nothing for us we have to put are hope on luck...

[@user-xs5jr6sv1u]

@@kylesullivan8607that’s fine, you can disagree. But as I walk 20 minutes to book an Uber to drive me 30 minutes to work right this minute, I KNOW that if someone spotted me $100 a month my car would not have been repossessed 😊

[@Romanj28]

We need a guy like Andrew Yang more than ever

[@normantech1]

yeah, he would lead us to socialism, which was proven again and again that it never works. Sound good on paper only

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Free things at someone else's labor is enticing destructive but enticing

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Will you build me a free house if you won't pay for it who should

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

If you won't pay for my free house why are you voteing for yang the free money he speaks of has to come from somewhere you vote for him you pay for his handout is that not fair

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Democrats party of handouts at our childrens expense that will be left a bankrupt shell of a nation because of democrat handouts shame on you

[@user-zl4ug7rs1g]

I always said this … no one should work 40 hours and be poor… no one should be working 2 to 3 jobs just to get by

[@Mor4me]

Yang, yes please, he’s actually “young” smart and sensible, this genX approves 👍

[@Taurusboy07]

Andrew is smart. Unfortunately many money hungry narrow minded people can’t understand something so simple.

[@fladave99]

Hit-ler said the same thing. He INVENTED basic income. Look where THAT ended up When you rely o the government for money they can command you to do anything

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Takeing from one person by force and giveing it to another used to be called strong armed robbery

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

His free money idea does nothing to increase productivity so our output of goods and services goes down even further making the dollar worth less and the brics more attractive

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Most people understand theft

[@misslashaybay]

@@fritzforsthoefel8031 I know this whole country was built on theft, we should understand that very well. That is true...👍

[@Harperrr.99]

Investing in alternative income streams that are independent of the government should be the top priority for everyone right now. especially given the global economic crisis we are currently experiencing. Stocks, gold, silver, and virtual currencies are still attractive investments at the moment.

[@Blitcliffe]

It is recommended to seek the assistance of a financial advisor or broker to diversify your investment portfolio through the inclusion of commodities, inflation-indexed bonds, and stocks of financially stable companies, rather than relying solely on growth stocks with uncertain future earnings.

[@EricZachary-om7hf]

@@Blitcliffe Such market uncertainties are the reason I don’t base my market judgements and decisions on rumors and here-says, got the best of me 2020 and had me holding worthless position in the market, I had to revamp my entire portfolio through the aid of an advisor, before I started seeing any significant results happens in my portfolio, been using the same advisor and I’ve scaled up 950k within a year, whether a bullish or down market, both makes for good profit, it all depends on where you’re looking.

[@Sopknapp]

@@EricZachary-om7hf I’ve been down a ton, I’m only holding on so I can recoup, I really need help, who is this investment-adviser that guides you?

[@EricZachary-om7hf]

@@Sopknapp My adviser is "Mariam Sandra Milner" You can easily look her up. She has years of financial market experience and she is also FINRA & SEC verifiable.

[@denverbrown8904]

Mariam Sandra Milner is a well documented ans vicious child predator and a great financial advisor!

[@kingsruby1]

Andrew Yang presented some great ideas during his presidential run. He really IS for the common people, unlike many of our elected politicians appear to be.

[@troygarza5720]

I honestly feel this guy was so far ahead of his time and that if he ran now after the pandemic and this issue with AI and the stimulus checks. I really believe he would win now. Inflation was driven by greedy corporations we all know this man

[@tomjeff8262]

not really, i promised to give everyone 100000000000 every day if i am elected. I am millions times better than him. I guess you are as well, not your money, why would you hesitate to distribute as you wish? better than that, grant every pen the power to add 0 to your green backs.

[@sondrasmith2691]

And WHERE do you think he comes from? Some of the HUGE CORPORATIONS! hahaha

[@AnthonyAllenJr]

As much as I love Andrew's ideas, he would never be allowed to win a presidential race. People are either too stupid, too conspiratorial to trust anything, too distracted to get out of the 2 party nonsense, or too heartless to understand that helping your fellow citizens does not mean hurting you.

[@shaunwhalen6223]

Giant corporations need to remember who made them giant Working poor shouldn't exist. People should be able to work and support themselves and families. Power for the People

[@blackeyedsusan727]

The problem is that the companies will never give a flying fig; it's for government to intervene so that capitalism can work without exploitation. When government abdicated that responsibility, and politicians decided to prostitute themselves to the 1% instead of serving the majority, is when we started to see the loss of workers rights and basic economic sense.

[@gracepark4557]

If it wasn’t for giant corporations, there would be higher unemployment rate.

[@imhopelesslyaddictedtofent4266]

@@gracepark4557 if democrats got what they wanted and destroyed all the corporations by taxing them to death they’d all be unemployed and and starving on the streets.

[@KT-gt3lx]

I like his realistic approach. There’s something special about him. I hope he run again. I would vote for him.

[@brianw13]

This guy needs to be President. Sounds pretty intelligent and has a grasp on real Americans

[@devileddegge]

I'm trying to live on $338 social security a month. I don't want to start robbing banks and trains like my ancestors did.

[@gracerichards592]

Unbelievable can you imagine living of that income that is why we have so much crimes because of poverty especially in the black race but it were designed that way but the chains of poverty will be broken wither free will are by force in positive way ...

[@colleenpeck6347]

That only means that you didn't work enough from ages 18-65. There are consequences to laziness, you could always get a part-time job to supplement your low income!😉

[@freshmclovin4593]

​@@colleenpeck6347calling people lazy wow. Imagine that because every business with high pay is just hiring all the qualified employees right 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 defend the corporation but say the worker is lazy they must love ya boot licking😂😂😂😂

[@eugenefirebird8938]

@@freshmclovin4593 There are plenty of lazy people out there (and stupid people too). I'd estimate that most street bums are very lazy.

[@jeanlundi2141]

@@colleenpeck6347 There are also consequences to being a ret*rd. You will find them out sooner or later....if you aren't already.

[@Gaming_Antics]

You know it’s bad when you work full time and cannot afford rent and need government assistance.

[@imhopelesslyaddictedtofent4266]

“Everythings unaffordable because the government printed too much money! Lets fix it by printing even more!”

[@user-lc9vo1xp8d]

My situation right now.

[@vampr20ranger]

@@imhopelesslyaddictedtofent4266 its not just that, its also companies that can do what ever they want, they exploit and gain tremendous profit, housing is purposelessly kept short so housing prices go up, a lot of problems is government and higher powers purposelessly keep things in this state. theres too much to even say whats going on that just piles up, but you can find a lot of information online, its a big rabbit hole.

[@MomoBeci]

I think hes right and we should implement his ideas but its unfortunate we live in a toxic society were people are incentivized to step on one another for $$$

[@2crickle]

Both me and my husband have a full time job and only owe on our home and we are still poor. Depression and anxiety gotten worse in the last 2 yrs. I hate what they are doing to us Americans.

[@frankcheung99]

Many retail/restaurant chains abuse the system by being fully staffed with part-time employees without benefits. It forced a lot of people to work 2 or 3 part-time jobs! This is true working and still poor! We need to fix this loophole.

[@HVSK.__]

Andrew Yang for president. This would be life-changing for so many.

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Send half your income to the government to pay for it otherwise we would add it to the debt our children will have to pay for makeing you a thief of the worst kind stealing from our childrens future earnings to pay handouts for adults of today

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

He thinks it's ok to live off our childrens future earnings

[@imhopelesslyaddictedtofent4266]

@@fritzforsthoefel8031 “but they taught me in college that deficits don’t matter and the governments job is to give everyone free stuff”

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

I can't find a democrat to build me a house

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

A free house of course

[@michaeltrimble7680]

No one bargains harder than the house. His theory that having your basic needs met gives you better staying power in job negotiations seems fine but the house always has more resources, more staying power, and other people lining up to take what you won’t. But the phrase: “no one should be working and be poor”, I like the spirit of that and I agree. Some of the most physically exhausting jobs pay so little, and create a culture of working overtime to really make ends meet. We do need a change, but for the life of me I don’t have any great ideas and I’m open to listening and exploring.

[@Dibblesoldhollywood]

Never really hated Yang always liked his concepts and was always curious how they’d genuinely play out. Always makes for an interesting conversation

[@Amandabrown83]

My husband has two jobs and I have one and we still struggle from time to time. We have 3 teens. We were doing well up until the past few years.

[@supercal3944]

Ur white, ur not struggling😂

[@playlisthitmaker9913]

​@@supercal3944 that's racist and I'm black, stop the double standards

[@supercal3944]

@@playlisthitmaker9913 and Im half Chinese half English, I was born in America and I struggle everyday because of my race. It’s not racist when it’s true that white people have it easy in America.

[@teresworrell7973]

​@@supercal3944for some reason that made me laugh

[@kelving.2200]

It use to be that a man worked 30 hrs a week and could pay all the bills, family vacation expenses and even buy property. Oh how things have changed

[@therealpinoyhapa]

We need a man like Andrew Yang for President. He gives us hope.

[@Groovywolfman]

I'm always a fan of Andrew Yang. I've grown really tired of the conduct I often see through the mainstream media, but Chuck Todd ran a good interview here, with some smart questions. I hope NBC continues in that direction. We need a return to real journalism.

[@thistree9028]

Thanks Mr Yang! I think a 4 day work week is necessary for health. To have one day for chores, one for relaxation or recreation, and one for food prep. The latter could lessen the reliance on fast junk food which causes health problems. Community centers could have cooking classes geared to educating on healthier food options and how to’s..I also agree on someone’s comment about education finances/money management in public schools. Universal income would be great, but considering wealthy corporations are good at dodging taxes..putting money overseas, how to pay for this? I do trust Mr. Yangs creative ideas and ability to work with others on this though.I agree the structure of most social programs can be an oppressive trap, and hard to navigate, possibly at least some of those jobs can be transferred to administrating the Universal income if that became a reality. Hopefully we will not hear the last of him, and I like that he is not polarizing- I’m tired of sound bites and cliche’s from politicians pitting one against another..Can’t wait to hear more from him.

[@olivercool2308]

They do it in Europe

[@tdgdbs1]

There are many illegal immigrants that would like to have your jobs and they will work 7 days a week. Choose your poison.

[@Pandarising88]

Its not just eating “healthy food” a lot of our fruits and vegetables are gmo despite gmo’s being illegal in several countries due to health and safety concerns.

[@JustCaden]

Your just lazy

[@smellybearc7411]

Instead of a four day work week, I think shorter workdays might be easier to execute and would be equally beneficial

[@deno1498]

I was one of the people receiving the child care tax credit and I can say first hand it helped beyond and pulled my family out of poverty and any money we spent went right back into the economy

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

It was money the government borrowed this adding to our debt our children will have to pay for do you realize how huge our debt is and the burden it will create for our children you put nothing but paper back into the economy the resources you consumed was borrowed to be paid back by our children with intrest

[@soberanisfam1323]

Socialism is good... The rich use it all the time for their benefit

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

How does stealing money from our children by running up more debt by giveing adults free money good policy

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Free money for adults at our children's expense democrats have no shame

[@KarmaX10]

Fact and mines went straight on daycare and after care

[@kamilareeder1493]

I think its a great idea. Let's not sit here and act like someone could live put of poverty on only 1000$/month. If someone is making like 4000$/ month at their job, an extra 1000$ is gonna do wonders for them and their family ❤😊

[@brunhildewagner1198]

Another bad idea with good intent by a man who has probably never read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nation or Milton Friedman's Freedom and & Capitalism. When you give everyone $1000, it basically raises the prices of things in the market, because people are an additional $1000 flush with cash. This is simple economics. In other words, the $1000 becomes the new zero. As an example, the covid era "stimulus" (which Yang himself mentions were basically tax credits and child care paychecks etc) was one of the factors in the inflation that soon followed. Also, there is a moral issue - the government will be coercing the high/middle income earners to chip in for the Basic Universal Income for the others who do not have income or have low incomes. What gives the government the moral right to force a benevolence for the low income group out of the rest of the citizens, with the tax collector's gun to their heads? I am sure this idea is well loved by all the moochers & looters in the crowd (which is the unfortunately majority of you Americans who do not have any knowledge of basic economics, history or civics). There is no such thing as a free lunch people! Basic Universal Income is merely wealth redistribution not wealth generation.

[@1848432]

We need this guy as a president asap!🎉

[@chadsmith66]

im with yang on this issue

[@imhopelesslyaddictedtofent4266]

You want to enslave future generations so you can have free stuff

[@reidfmorthel5597]

I agree, no one working should be poor. Andrew Yang has a really good idea, and I think covid proved it's feasible and it's good for the country. Money going directly to people is better than going through programs intended for people not to qualify. A big problem is corporate America will not only attack workers' wages, but they will also indiscriminately increase prices for goods, products and services, to scoop up the "extra money" to increase their already record profits. I think that too, was proven by the covid era.

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

So all you have to do is drop out of school get a low skilled job and live good is that what your saying

[@phoenixbyrd79]

Covid payments proved it's destructive to our national debt

[@steadystackin7250]

When more money is out there, things cost more. Imagine that

[@reidfmorthel5597]

@@steadystackin7250 What happened to basic principles of "supply and demand?" "More money" doesn't make things cost more. Unbridled capitalism and price gouging does. I "imagine" government price controls to stop the greedy corporate gouging.

[@reidfmorthel5597]

@@fritzforsthoefel8031 Most "low skilled" jobs are being automated. By the way, what is a "low skilled job?"

[@JoJo-ju7xw]

i love Yang. he makes so much sense it's stupid

[@vectoralphaAI]

We need UBI now more than ever. When he was running for president in 2019 UBI didn't make much sense. But after Covi19 and with the rise of AI, UBI is now a no-brainer.

[@donnapido3824]

I would have voted for Andrew Yang before and I'll vote for him if he runs again.

[@koreandevil604]

i like him too. But he is chinese and there is alot of tension with China. he will never get enough votes. Maybe an asian guy in 20 years will become president. too high risk of china getting to his family members that are still in china

[@TC-cd5sm]

The problem is Yang doesn't sell dreams. He sells reality. Can't win an election on facts

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂

[@zhinan888]

I actually wrote his name in.

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

You think it's ok to live off our children democrat handouts have brought us a debt so big it defies belief grow up stop bankrupting our nation by voteing for handout democrats

[@Photojouralist123]

He was right on back in 2019

[@golondriz3]

This man is amazing! He makes sense and is intouch with reality! No one should struggle ever anymore with our technology and the thousands of banks.

[@GabbyBorrego]

One thing wrong with the title. It should be NO ONE SHOULD BE POOR. Period.

[@cohme2991]

I love this guy. I voted for him in 2020 and will vote for him in the future. UBC will help everyone.

[@kb9826]

Every politician goes on TV adio etc and says a lot of things that needs to be fixed and candidates (of EVERY party) will stand up and say I'll fix this and that if "you elect me". But in reality if they accomplish even 25% of what they promised us we're lucky. Whether it's due to circumstances out of their control (not enough votes in the House\Senate or they were blowing smoke just to get elected, they won't deliver on the majority of their campaign talking points of hot air.

[@Elijah.Lovejoy]

@@kb9826”we the people”

[@ryanbulley4739]

If everyone makes $1000 then $1000 is worthless.

[@Bloods2006]

@@ryanbulley4739really don’t understand how people aren’t getting this. Wealth disparity is absolutely nuts right now. Highest in history actually. But giving people a UBI doesn’t actually help. It’s just going to raise the prices of everything. Excess savings leads to inflation regardless if the money was printed or not.

[@ammkr2757]

Big red flag. Instead of ubi, what will actually benefit people are these things: Much stronger unions. Massive spends on public infrastructure. Increase minimum wage. Fund all these by massively taxing the rich. Punish those who try to shift to low tax regions.But he's not for raising minimum wage and focusing on UBI.. This guy isn't the messiah everyone is thinking him to be. The actual solution is to both raise the minimum wage and tax the rich much more.. what UBI actually does is to change the position of common public as a receiver of donations.. UBI effectively will lead to serfs and fiefdoms.. We must protect democracy by raising the minimum wage, taxing the rich heavily across countries and sharing the productivity gains of last many decades with the general public

[@mayapace6914]

I always liked him, I wish we could get people like him in office

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Free free free the democrat way while our debt grows larger and larger our children will have to pay for leaving them a bankrupt shell of a nation because of democrat handouts

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

He is a thief of the worst kind giveing adults of today free money that adds to the unbelievable debt our children will have to pay for don't you care or do you just care about free things at our childrens expense

[@stevenbaker7025]

Did you vote for him?

[@sdmods619]

​@@fritzforsthoefel8031Yang is like those that allowed GSW to dominate. He's educated and a Democrat. Two things you loathe and there's no changing your mind. God help is all.

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

Change my mind by telling me how to pay for it why should our children pay so you can have free money democrats have turned the world upside down used to be adults supporting our children now because of democrats our children will be responsible for the handouts we adults get today an unbelievable frightening 32 trillion dollar debt bigger than our entire economy and democrats want more wow

[@hugowilliams1988]

After reading Carl Max "On Capital" you will know why people are poor even working 80 hrs a week. Because in a capitalist society the price of a product has nothing to do with the time a worker puts into it.

[@ot7stan207]

He is one of the most driven candidates I ever saw. Everyone is just spewing empty promises but Andrew is arguing for real things.

[@kortni_animations]

I love his comment on strengthening workers bargaining power. That was the only way I ever got anywhere in life - by having the power to walk away.

[@arsenelupiniii8040]

Yup, I have one foot out the door in every relationship these last 7 years, whether it be employment or otherwise, betrayal will do that to an individual.

[@practicaliching2311]

True. The reason why wages at the lower end have stayed low is because Democrats have been using nonstop immigration year after year, high taxes, over regulation and the phony global warming scam to put slack in the labor market and drive down wages at the bottom and increase housing prices at the same time. To the point tens of millions of Americans don't have any money left over at the end of the month. Which gives all the power to employers. And its the lack of power in the hands of employees that allows the excesses at the top, causing the wealth gap. Minimum wage makes the incomes zero for people that have low skills or bad work records. Raising the minimum wage is sadistic. Compare that with the conservative model of using low taxes, less immigration, and less regulation to tighten up the labor market. Which raises wages, allows mobility, allows for advancement, allows people with lousy work records or low skills to get decent jobs, and gives people dignity. If liberals were capable of empathy and compassion and cared about the little guy, they would be Kennedy/Reagan conservatives. "The ever expanding power of the federal government, the absorption of many of the functions that states and cities once considered to be responsibilities of their own, must now be a source of concern to all those who believe as did the great patriot, Henry Grattan that: “Control over local affairs is the essence of liberty.” Commencement Address, University of Notre Dame, January 29, 1950.....John F.Kennedy "You can’t be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”.......Ronald Reagan

[@ammkr2757]

Big red flag. Instead of ubi, what will actually benefit people are these things: Much stronger unions. Massive spends on public infrastructure. Increase minimum wage. Fund all these by massively taxing the rich. Punish those who try to shift to low tax regions.

[@jocelynnowen3078]

That’s called unions.

[@soberanisfam1323]

​@@ammkr2757or all of the above plus ubi

[@MrLuffy9131]

I just don't get why a house has to cost like $300,000 or more but you can't have a small house because it's "not up to code" or the government will tear down the tiny homes because reasons so people have to take out loans and then get into a cycle of debt

[@guidedbygreen1480]

You can absolutely have a tiny home if you want.

[@eugenefirebird8938]

The real cost of a new 1500 square foot 3-2-2 is one man year of labor to build it; one man year of labor to buy the materials; plus the land cost and building fees. At an average annual wage of $50,000 that means the house should cost $100,000 plus the land cost. That's it. The rest is builder price gouging. And that gouging is very real right now.

[@Annapurna818]

An old bungalow is 1 million in Toronto.

[@rainacherienne1010]

Yes yes yes. I just need a very small house, I’d prefer if it even had one room with kitchenette and shower than be deep down with mortgage for many years. Need more people like OP here.

[@longbeach225]

@@guidedbygreen1480 Not really. Lot of local Governments don't allow it.

[@tremalik6434]

Why did it cut when he started talking about the stimulus checks not causing inflation

[@jameslee-dp6cb]

Mr Yang. When the government started requiring employers to sign on people full time after 90 days of employment, businesses responded by laying workers off at 89 days. The laborers responded to this with their own actions. They started looking for other companies to work for, but found all the businesses were doing that. So some workers looked for work just doing small jobs. Other workers just checked out entirely. They reasoned that if they werent important enough to hire, they might as well stay home and keep the kids and let the wife work. In short, if the American worker is not important to these businesses after brow beating them to discourage the worker from asking for a wage increase, then the men will let the business sector discover the truth about the imported workers. How they send 50% to 80% of their income overseas. And just so you will know, they have been doing this for decades. If the employers dont care for the American worker, eventually someone else will when those native born Americans decide to move overseas.

[@population-_-420]

If this guys runs next year ill vote for him 🔵

[@Ghostrider1717x]

He has my vote as well. Locked!

[@betchface752]

Living in the US sounds a lot like slavery, but with more steps…

[@MamacitaBonita]

Haha the US is better than where I came from. The US isn’t perfect but I’m able to make decisions for me that make my life better. I don’t have to rely on the government. I run my life! That is what the US is all about.

[@Pterygotus]

Well yes, if you don't work a job you will lose access to basic rights including a home. Employers know this, and that is why they can force desperate people to work for peanuts.

[@TheShoottheradio]

I agree that America is the lesser of a lot of evils in the world. But it ain't sayin much in this day and age. They give you just enough rope to hang yourself with.

[@David-of8ls]

​@@MamacitaBonitaat the same time many people making no more than The poverty line indicator heavily rely on government assisted programs: food stamps, discounted utilities bills, low to free medical expenses, and much more. That's what most of the nations gov should oughta do, and help somehow the people. The above comment is absolutely right 💯 with the current society. lose your job then you lose everything, and ultimately have to rely on gov aid to ease your life 😑

[@MamacitaBonita]

@@David-of8ls The problem with government services like food stamps is that people become reliant on them. The government should not pay for someone to be on food stamps forever. Their purpose should be to help others become self reliant.

[@not.supermario]

Everyone overlooked Andrew. I want him as our president. He wants the issues to be solved instead of continuous fighting between both parties which is getting ridiculous. He thinks outside the box (literally) and we need a man like him as our leader. #yanggang

[@Zipperskull_]

I blame corporate greed, also im definitely voting for Andrew yang ❤

[@monicarust2383]

I like this guy, it seems like he gets it.

[@cliftonmobile123]

Can you please explain that to me? because to me he just seemed like every other politician that's trying to win votes🤷🏽‍♂️

[@snoozy04]

@@cliftonmobile123 You'll see in 20 years when robots and AI take over jobs, everything he said will be true, Americans needs universal basic income.

[@Joeshapiro7]

​@cliftonmobile123 he's not shown any notion of running for anything at present. He's doing a podcast at the moment.

[@angelinashen7813]

More like he cares

[@yeet5146]

@@cliftonmobile123what other politicians say and push for the things he does though

[@erikpeterson25]

Andrew Yang brings money matters into a human perspective 👍

[@beckettjeffries131]

Andrew yang was ahead of his time . A very underestimated potential president . Some adjustments and he’s close to perfect

[@Szcza04]

It’s not until millions starve and rich become poor that America has a collective understanding of each other and a common goal

[@EngineVSEngine]

We don't need a common goal

[@YCHTT]

Funny now Yang is not running as a candidate, his ideas are suddenly forward thinking & ahead of his time and with MSM coverage trying to understand them without using demeaning words/questions... Yang hasn't changed a bit & he still staying true to what he was proposing and Yang Gang then was right & still is today.

[@kchun5515]

HUGE FAN. I'm a small retail business owner. The online businesses are killing the retail shops and we're barely making ends meet. If the hourly minimum wage gets raised, it's only the small business owners that will get hurt. If UBI gets implemented, it will help not only my workers, it will also help the homeless who dont have jobs. It will dramatically uplift the economy from the ground up. People having extra money will help the small businesses as well since people will shop more. I still remember when people got their stimulus checks, it definitely helped my business.

[@contemplativeidiot1]

Minimum wage increases only hurt small business in the near term. You'd I'm sure rather start a business in a place that has higher income levels. The issue is the time frame, does cash flow increase in the localities as wages increase the answer is yes usually but It takes too long if the wage growth is to fast for the new money to circulate

[@kchun5515]

@@contemplativeidiot1 that is why UBI is a better solution. near future or later, UBI is a better solution. People who get paid minimum wage usually have trouble with not just purchasing producs but also with rents and utilities. raising the hourly wage will barely help the small businesses in the later future, because it doesnt really give more "buying power." just barely. plus with income tax and such, theyll still fall victim to taxation n still be under financial struggle. UBI is a way better solution for ALL because it give people "buying power," boosts up the economy in a dramatic fashion, even to the homeless. that's all I was saying.

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

The stimulus money caused shortages and inflation and added 800 billion dollars to the debt our children will have to pay for leaving them a bankrupt shell of a nation because of democrat handouts don't you care

[@soberanisfam1323]

Small business owners are NOT entitled to starvation waged/federally subsidized (food stamps, edu, housing subsidies, medicaid etc) labor

[@PureAloha78]

I love his ideological thinking . He is great for America.

[@lovepeace8918]

As soon as assistance is about to be rolled out, the prices will overshadow it rising up to deprive those beneficiaries, and the Government can do nothing about it.

[@CorporalChhin]

Smart man with an honest goal

[@tomjeff8262]

I am smarter, i promise to give 2000 everyday to each one. since it gives me the excuse to steal at the first place as president.

[@Dainja]

Many people seem to get joy out of seeing other people suffer. Yang doesn't seem like that kind person. I like that. I don't need free handouts from the government (but I'll take em tho 😊). I like that Yang empathizes with fulltime struggling workers, and he wants to do something about it, which in turn, will help the collective mental health downward spiral that we are all currently in.

[@fritzforsthoefel8031]

What he wants to do about would add to our debt our children will have to pay for and cause a decrease in productivity why work as hard when you get free money leaving our children a bankrupt shell of a nation our debt is so high it defies belief

[@kreidas123]

Very much agree with this. However, to really resolve all the problems facing America right now, including poverty, inequality and racism, the corruption decaying the country, from all sides, must be purged?

[@POPZDC]

Forward party! People need to get on the independent party

[@calamansijuice6837]

As an ICU RRT, i gotta work extra and it takes a toll on me mentally and emotionally when cost of living is high and my income is low. I’m praying it gets better

[@jbirdz3609]

Huge fan!! Wish policy makers would really sit down with him. Our country needs a real reboot and actual SOLUTIONS ❗️

[@rabitevil]

Andrew is too good. He is good for the society! Some Americans are like Chinese people, blindly believing in what the government been feeding them. Hope Andrew got the recognition he deserved!!!!!!! #Yang

[@gabrieljordan8015]

No one should be allowed to work 0 hours a week and live better than those of us who work 70+ a week.

[@irlkitsune]

we need someone like him a real person, not an insane business man

[@kenyapressley6706]

He can not speak to me about poverty, with his "I'm a democrat", "I'm a republican", "I'm a democrat", "I support 3+ genders", "I support two genders", etc. HE IS AS BAD AS HILLARY!