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Universal Basic Income (w/ Andrew Yang)
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Universal Basic Income (w/ Andrew Yang)

Andrew Yang is a former Presidential candidate and the founder of Venture for America. He's also the founder of the Forward Party, where he advocates for structural reform to safeguard our democracy. He lays all this out in his new book, Forward.

We discuss:

  • Andrew's life as a teenager

  • His obsession with post-punk bands like The Smiths, Depeche Mode, and Nine Inch Nails

  • Why he didn’t do drugs as a teenager

  • How his parents felt when he got his ear pierced

More to the point of his political career, we talk about:

  • How money is the tail that wags the dog in both the GOP and the Democratic Party

  • Why we should pay our politicians more

  • Entitlement reform and universal basic income

Even if you don't agree with all his policy ideas, I think you'll agree that Andrew’s efforts to fix the machine of politics are worthwhile and something we should all think about supporting because the current polarized political system is making everybody freaking miserable.

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