Democrat Andrew Yang wants to be US president - and give you US$1,000 a month

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NEW YORK: Andrew Yang is ready for his closeup next month at the first Democratic presidential debate, when he knows most Americans will have one ...

NEW YORK: Andrew Yang is ready for his closeup next month at the first Democratic presidential debate, when he knows most Americans will have one question:"Who is the Asian man standing next to Joe Biden?"

Democratic 2020 U.S presidential candidate Andrew Yang holds a rally in the Manhattan borough of New York, May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar A native of upstate New York and the son of Taiwanese immigrants, Yang would be the first Asian-American president. Yang's biggest proposal is what's known as a universal basic income, or UBI, a concept that in recent years has gained traction within certain academic circles.

At the rally, Yang – who often sports a"MATH" hat in a nod to his devotion to numbers – rattled off the industries that were using machines to replace millions of humans: truck driving, retail stores and customer service call centers. Yang's platform includes a dizzying mix of standard Democratic fare like Medicare-for-all; voting reform proposals like eliminating gerrymandering or making the Electoral College proportional; and seemingly quirky concepts such as subsidising marriage counseling, giving everyone US$100 to donate to charity and establishing a US$1 billion journalism fund to support struggling local news outlets.

 

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Can't he raise it to 6K/month? At least that's the bench marking done by an opposition leader (?) in India

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