‘This would be tremendous for America … this is not as radical as you might think’ — @AndrewYang explains why he’s spearheaded his campaign with universal basic income in the latest ’20 Questions for 2020’
Most women who remain in abusive relationships do so due to finances. Basic Income would help women walk away from exploitative and abusive jobs, bosses and relationships.
Yang and I are sitting in the NBC green room and just saw @chucktodd announce this:
2% in a qualified poll and sliding into 6th place. Here we go! #YangGang
Even for humans, jobs at Amazon's warehouses are becoming more robotic, as technology makes all the critical decisions. Our reporter visited a location in Staten Island to find out how workers are coping. https://t.co/o7bSnEeCTu
I just told someone that some people are so poor, they can't afford to get jobs.
He laughed.
But I wasn't kidding.
Gas money, child care expenses, and lack of clothing to meet dress code requirements are often barriers to employment for low income individuals.
Now you know.
Here's a helpful visualization created by a member of the #YangGang that helps more clearly show the correlation between polling averages and total time spoken at #DemDebate2. Yang is clearly an outlier with the 2 direct questions he was asked despite 8th position in avg polling.
Marianne Williamson Says Her Mic Was Muted in the Debate Too, Just Like Andrew Yang
I was in the room. @marwilliamson & @AndrewYang were muted.
I’ve been doing this for 40 years; I know mics https://t.co/Lq1qfTX2eA via @heavysan
My announcement tonight with @stephenathome@colbertlateshow - I’m giving the Freedom Dividend to another family anywhere in the US! Now to make it happen for everyone in 2020. 👍🇺🇸
I will give $1,000/mo for the next 12 months FREE to someone who retweets this and follows me by July 4th 😃 Let's show why money is the answer & why this is the campaign for people. No purchase necessary. US citizens only. https://t.co/ie7DMHJ86X
I’m always amazed by the disconnect between what we see in the news and the reality of the world around us. As my late friend Hans Rosling would say, we must fight the fear instinct that distorts our perspective: https://t.co/uQRofM4q2u