Andrew Yang has never held elected office, but he’s aiming straight for the White House with an attention-grabbing policy proposal: a $1,000-a-month guaranteed income for every adult U.S. citizen.
A New York tech entrepreneur who is one of 20 candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, Yang, 44, is bringing his unusual campaign to Seattle Friday, with a rally starting at 6 p.m. at Gas Works Park.
In an interview Wednesday, Yang said his universal basic income proposal, which he calls the Freedom Dividend , is driven by the threat of robots, artificial intelligence and e-commerce, including Amazon, eliminating millions of jobs […]
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