https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhArPPmHjCs
Feb. 2, 2018


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TEXT: 
AUTOMATION IS REPLACING AMERICAN WORKERS

16.9 MILLION AMERICANS ARE OUT OF WORK

46.2 MILLION WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS

Yang (voiceover):  We are experiencing the greatest technological and economic shift in human history.

We need a way to help millions of Americans transition through tthis period, and a universal basic income is the best and most efficient way to do that.

TEXT: UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

Yang (to camera):  Hello, I'm Andrew Yang, and I'm running for president as a Democrat in 2020.

I believe I have the right vision, priorities and values to improve the lives of millions of Americans.

Seven years ago I started Venture for America to train hundreds of young entrepreneurs to build businesses in Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore and other communities across the country.  Together we helped create thousands of jobs.

But during this time I came to realize that technology has already wiped out four million manufacturing jobs in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and other states, and it's about to do the same thing to people who work in retail, food service and food prep, customer service, transportation, as well as industries like insurance, accounting, medicine and law.

Yang (voiceover and to camera):  I saw so much over the last number of years traveling this country.  What I experienced was eye opener to me where I would walk through abandoned neighborhoods and boarded up businesses.

I have two young boys, and I'm deeply concerned about the future that they're going to grow up in.

If we don't change things dramatically, they're going to grow up in a country with fewer and fewer opportunities and a handful of companies and individuals reaping the gains from new technologies, while the rest of us struggle to find opportunities and eventually lose our jobs.

And it doesn't need to be that way.

TEXT:  UNDER MY PLAN EVERY AMERICAN ADULT OVER THE AGE OF 18 WILL RECEIVE $1,000 A MONTH

Under my plan every American adult will receive $1,000 a month free and clear, paid for by a new tax on the companies that are benefitting most from automation.

If we provide a universal basic income, Americans will be able to go back to school, move for a new opportunity, start their own business, and really have their head up as they plan for the future.

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With your help, we can make universal basic income a reality.

Join us.  Let's build a new kind of economy—one that puts people first.


video [2min30sec]