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Kenkoko said:Probably nobody has heard of Andrew Yang. But he is quietly gaining momentum. He probably lacks the charisma and the right skin color to win but people should take his ideas seriously.
I think Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Value added tax will be a major issue for 2020 election.
That guy is going to be the flavor of the month just like Herman Kaine and Bobby Jindal or Carly Fiorina. They each saw a sudden early surge but eventually were swallowed up by the Orange mass. I expect the same will happen to the huge dem field. We will cycle through a few of these before its over.
Democratic debates are coming up, with dark horses poised to share the spotlight
Yang, 44, is a corporate lawyer who turned to startups and launched the nonprofit Venture for America, which seeks to "to revitalize American cities and communities through entrepreneurship." This is his first political race, and he has focused his campaign on preparing for increasing job losses because of automation and artificial intelligence. Yang?s campaign told the Daily Beast that the ranks of his ?Yang Gang? supporters started to surge after an appearance on the popular ?Joe Rogan Experience? podcast in February and continued. (The YouTube video of the interview has over 2 million views.)
Pro-Yang memes began to spread across social media platforms and message boards as interest grew in his UBI plan, which would provide $1,000 checks every month to every American over age 18. While some of that support for his plan has come from darker corners of the internet aligned with the so-called alt-right, Yang has not courted that support.
https://news.yahoo.com/andrew-yang-pete-buttigieg-democratic-debates-164137300.html