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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:05 PM Mar 2020

Andrew Yang launches nonprofit aimed at making his former campaign's ideas a reality

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https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/05/politics/andrew-yang-launching-nonprofit-group-podcast/index.html

Nearly a month after ending his long shot Democratic presidential campaign, Andrew Yang launched on Thursday a nonprofit group focused on making the central ideas of his campaign a reality.

The group, called Humanity Forward, will "endorse and provide resources to political candidates who embrace Universal Basic Income, human-centered capitalism and other aligned policies at every level," according to its website.

Yang, a businessman who ended his campaign in February, rose from obscurity to become a highly-visible candidate, rallying a coalition of liberal Democrats, libertarians and some disaffected Republicans to form a devoted group of followers known as the Yang Gang. A prominent platform in his campaign was his so-called Freedom Dividend, a plan to give every American adult $1,000 a month universal basic income that he argued would alleviate a host of social ills and eradicate poverty.

The new group also plans to increase voter turnout in the 2020 election, with a particular focus on young Americans, Asian-Americans, independents and "individuals who have not been engaged in the political process," according to a release.

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i alothink we need govt 'jobs' cause we have work that does not get done. we need govt maids. pansypoo53219 Mar 2020 #1

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1. i alothink we need govt 'jobs' cause we have work that does not get done. we need govt maids.
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 08:17 PM
Mar 2020

govt launderers. govt cooks. ect.


people could pick uptrash for the $1000. recycle.

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