...Former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Unlike most of the other Dem 2020 candidates, he actually did things besides politix in his adult life, which made him political poison. He worked in startups and early-stage growth companies as a founder or executive from 2000 to 2009. After he founded Venture for America, the Obama administration selected him in 2012 as a
Champion of Changeand in 2015 as a
Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. His signature campaign policy is what he calls the
Freedom Dividend, a form of Universal Basic Income for every American over 18. Yang believes UBI is a necessary response to the rapid development of automation that is leading to workforce challenges. The other two central elements of Yang's platform are Medicare for All and
Human-Centered Capitalism....
announced Saturday that he will be moving to Georgia to help Democrats clinch two crucial Senate runoffs in January.
The 45-year-old entrepreneur from New York made the announcement on Twitter, saying the best way to help President-Elect Joe
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...Candidate for president in 2020. The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...is to get him a Democratic Senate.
Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue will face Democratic challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff (respectively) on Jan. 5.
"This is our only chance to clear Mitch out of the way and help Joe and Kamala get things done in the next four years," Yang said.