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Why to Pick Andrew Yang as Your President in 2020 (Op-ed)

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Public enemy #1 is the health consequences of stress that lead to some of the US’s leading causes of early death: heart disease, addiction, and suicide.

Public enemy #2 is our existential threats, things like climate change, natural disasters including earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, tsunamis, asteroid impacts, solar flares, and mass pandemics.

We need to solve #1 so people are equipped to wage war against #2.

Our end goal? A Star Trek (Generations) style society where all needs are met, and distant stars become vacation destinations. Though this goal is likely 1,000 years away, we should start now to provide a better future for those who will follow us.

Andrew Yang is our General in this first phase — this fight against enemy #1. The Freedom Dividend? The $1,000 / month guaranteed income? That is our MREs and our government issued rucksacks for all US citizens.

We believe that empowered individuals — people empowered with the freedom of money, will find creative and tailored solutions to eradicate our public enemy #1 by leveraging one of America’s greatest assets: our creativity.

Once the dragon that is public enemy #1 is slayed, our great nation will have the space to build and plan our way to making public enemy #2 obsolete. Earthquakes and tornados will still happen, but we’ll have solutions to make their impacts no more than a minor inconvenience.

We are starting on this journey together with securing the 2020 presidency. Your support for Andrew Yang and his Freedom Dividend is needed.

Talk to your friends about a basic income. Think out loud about how $1,000 given to you unconditionally each month would change your life and the lives of those around you. Donate what you can to Yang’s campaign, and lift others up who share his values and message.

Andrew Yang should be our next president. In the years that follow his election our greatest existential threats will be denied.


Epilogue – Learn More About Andrew Yang:

Learn more about Andrew Yang and donate to his campaign: yang2020.com

Learn more about Universal Basic Income.

Listen to Andrew Yang in a Long Form podcast interview.

  • Ezra Klein Show 8-20-18
  • Freakonomics 362
  • Making Sense 130
  • Joe Rogan 1245
  • Breakfast Club 3-8-19 (after D.L. Hugley Interview)

Andrew Yang in the Press:

Politico: Is Andrew Yang for Real?

Fox News: Andrew Yang explains his universal basic income plan, why he is the anti-Trump for 2020

ABC News: Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang targets automation at rain-drenched NYC rally

CNN: In photos: Presidential candidate Andrew Yang

New York Times: Is Andrew Yang ‘Too Nice’ to Beat President Trump?

Washington Post: Who is that guy? Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign draws crowds, money and an expected spot on the Democratic debate stage.

New York Times: His 2020 Campaign Message: The Robots Are Coming

CNBC: Andrew Yang wants to run for president promising free cash handouts

Business Insider: The entrepreneur who says there’s a ‘war on normal people’ is running for president on a platform of giving nearly every American $1,000 each month

Washington Times: Democratic 2020 hopeful Andrew Yang campaigns on universal basic income

Huffington Post: This Guy’s Running For President And Wants To Give You ‘Free’ Money

CNBC: Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang is giving this New Hampshire mom $1,000 a month to show cash handouts work

Inverse: This Presidential Hopeful Wants to Save America From an A.I. Takeover

Business Insider: Success in America has nothing to do with hard work — and we’re in the middle of a ‘war on normal people’

The Daily Beast: The War on Ordinary People

New York Post: This New Bank Will Do Your Chores For Free

Quartz: What’s Eating Silicon Valley

New York Daily News: Money for nothing: The case for universal basic income

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