This is the first piece of political commentary i've heard in a long time that didn't make me want to skin myself like a mole rat afterward. This is a very nice feeling.
UBI is completely unsustainable, there literally is no way to suck up a massive program probably larger than social security. Us is too big for it to work
@@serrianarchipelago7582 Yang said it himself. Cut back on the budget, raise taxes, get companies to stop tax dodging. This would do wonders for the economy by opening up jobs more, increase government funding, and allowing people to be more productive and not debt monsters living paycheck to paycheck, 2 dollars keeping them from the streets... Also, not every single citizen gets the Freedom Dividend. Only 18+ year olds.
He printed a green MATH (Make America Think Harder) hat with a cannabis on the back today. Unfortunately they only printed 500, so they sold out within the first hour.
Matteo L while it may not be a lot for you personally, it has the potential to have very beneficial and long lasting effects on communities and families
He had me at "we don't have time for that shit" Edit: its been like a month since I posted this comment, but only recently have I noticed the attention its getting, thank you for the likes but please, respect other people's opinions, and keep the conversations neutral.
@@squarerootofpie828 It's incredible how easily you fell for Yang's fake boomer personality here, despite his lack of being genuine in his speech and mannerisms, let alone his "policies". I guess free money that was earned by others really lights up your bong. Might as well Pokemon GO to the polls while your at it.
I'm wondering how good this could be for Yang. Being on multiple podcasts and talking about his views to people who may never have even thought of paying attention to politics. It is a very interesting scenario, and I'm personally thinking this is a good move on his part.
Yeah dude no joke. I am very much disconnected from politics, but after having watched this whole podcast I’m very interested in this guy’s ideas. I don’t wanna jump the gun and say I’m a full supporter, cuz of course it’s easy for the guy to sound good when it’s just a straight hour and a half of him explaining all his ideas. But it has at the very least made me interested in perhaps paying more attention to what’s going on with all the democratic candidates right now, and I’ll be going into it with a positive image of him in my head
If there's a recession comming...our generation is gonna get fucked... seriously. We need to accelerate...we need to fight for a better future . Yang gang !!!
I'm a student in Germany. But find it so fascinating to listen to Yang. I'm working in the AI and automation world and he is the only one who has recognised the shift. The other politicians are clueless on what's happening. No one touches on the topic at all. And I understand that. It's hard for people who aren't in the tech to realise that tech grows exponentially. It remains primitive for a long time and then starts developing at an accelerating pace. It's hard for the human mind to visualise this exponential growth. It's hard for someone to look at an AI in 2000s and make the connect at how advanced it gets in 20 years!
As someone who is in the computing business in the Netherlands, I know exactly what you mean. I also know if the US adopts this policy other countries which could use this are much more likely to do it too.
@@venator8139 He's probably the least anti-gun person running as dem. He only supports the regulation of firearms to the extent of a teir licensing system and mental health background checks and support. For a dem I think that's pretty relaxed compared to most of the other candidates who would rather see the second amendment stripped.
@@Koubles exactly, I don't think anti guns would solve the issue at all. Having more strict regulations on fire arms solves both on the gun and preventing the guns being used by maniacs.
Commenter McCommentFace Singapore had a president who understands economic and actually care about people. Now Singapore is one of the most advanced country
WOAH - where did this guy come from?? Why is no one talking about him?? I think he's my favorite Democratic candidate so far, and I didn't even know about him!!
Tons of people on social media are talking about him, but the mainstream media is trying to stay away. We are hoping they won't have a choice soon once he qualifies for the next debates! Keep him trending!
Steven Owens i’m part of his base camp, i can tell you it’s really wide and varying. there’s a surprising amount of libertarians and conservatives in the group who see his policy as modern conservatism. one of his sayings is “not left, not right, forward.” i think it’s true. i was politically i engaged after 2016. not just because trump was elected but because hillary was nominated. I can’t recommend highly enough to visit Yang’s policy page. 100+ policies. Structured, sound and logical.
I'm a 33 year old Catholic male. Growing up, I never paid much attention to politics. I just went along with my parents political support for Republicans because they were avid supporters of the no abortion policy. I never cared for any presidential candidates, always felt like I was picking the lesser of two evils so I just drifted along with my parents ideology. Andrew yang is the first one that made me reflect on a deeper level about Americas problems and how we can all pitch in to make a difference. It's amazing what youtube has been able to do, by providing a way for the people to fight back against main stream media and their own agenda backed by corporations.
Peter Tran and women should always have the right to choose abortion. I had one at the age of 21, and I would love to speak with you more about the subject. It was one of my the best decisions I’ve ever made in my 33 years of life.
Peter Tran I for one rarely use Twitter or comment on RU-vid and I am now up on a Sat nite feeling the vids and comments on these vids from ppl who care about the future of America and our kids, right? That’s a big change on me! And Andrew and all Andrew supporters are making me making the change as everyday goes by, it’s just freaking amazing!! Yang2020!
El-ahrairah Well, I do like Bernie and Tulsi as well, I don’t care whatever labels media had tagged them with, it’s just that I have morphed over time believing that a bigger change is necessary to cure all the disarray we see and the person in order to do it is a person that’s from the outside with no baggages
El-ahrairah I am not trying to be all defensive but H3 pbbly started the show with lots of pre-emptive thoughts wherever they came from, for me, as a Taiwanese neutralized US citizen, I was skeptical. But the issues at hand is really bigger than the color of your skin or the stereotypes. Andrew’s simply wants to trickle it up from the ground up
@@Anthropomorphic im sure he actually sat down and thought about what he wanted to ask, he seemed to be looking at notes. im sure this one meant a good deal to him to be professional, he did a good job.
I love how instead of being extreme on a certain side (CNN, FOX News), Yang likes to look at positives and negatives from both sides, and he doesn’t lie. It’s so refreshing to see a little bit of gray in a candidate after so many years of just black and white.
if you read his book filled with data and facts, you will realize he has done profound research on Automation/AI/Robots, Social and Economy issues we are facing, He interviewed lots experts, guru in variety fields as well as common Americans before he wrote his book and brought up the solution Freedom Dividend, and other over 100 policies. His policies are based on Research, investigation rather than simple sympathy on Poor people.
WereSquatch You’re correct. They like getting people fueled up against each other because it draws in more views for their programs and it’s creating this society where everyone is just so extreme and blind on a certain side where they fail to be civil and look at the positives and negatives for each side or think for themselves. I’ve been looking for someone like Yang for a while, who isn’t so severe on a certain side, and someone that likes to stay closer to the middle.
This guy is just an idiot. He says we need UBI because the robots will take all the jobs, but that UBI is good because it will help people look for jobs.
I’m 29 years old and it’s embarrassing to say but I’ve never been this excited for presidential campaign. Yang has data; he knows stats; he has solutions. I’ve never heard a politician who doesn’t repeat a question. He actually has “solutions” for every questions and IT MAKES SENSE. I see myself nodding because I agree with him in terms of automation taking over millions of jobs around our country. We CAN make positive difference if we work COLLECTIVELY! It’s time for our people whether you’re immigrants/blacks/Asians/whites to come together and vote for this man. He has my vote and it will be my first time voting.
What about the fact that his 12000 a year plan is literally impossible in its current form but keep living your lie also he wont win hes poleing at 2% lmfao
First of all I'm a big yang fan. But I think in this 'podcast' Ethan proves that he is a good interviewer: he probed Yang way more than Rogan, asked all the right questions that I would want to ask. Massive resprect, Ethan.
He wasn't really asking any tough questions though. He didn't ask him at all about healthcare, foreign policy, criminal justice reform, or any of the policies proposed by his contenders. Only very soft ball questions. It felt like a plug for Yang to advertise his campaign. I feel like Ethan could have being a little more adversarial. However, I still enjoyed watching it.
This is my favorite candidate by far. He had an interview with Ben Shapiro and appeared on so many other TV shows that has never or rarely ever has politicians showing up. This man isn't afraid of questions and is very humble coming to do interviews with many people. He doesn't take extreme sides and I feel he is the candidate that the average person can relate to the most as well. He makes a lot of sense and has good data and support to back up his policies. I don't really think anyone can hate this man who genuinely cares about the people. People who have sat with him and talked tend to end up agreeing with Yang and liking him.
I was wavering between Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang, but after doing more research the conclusion I got to is: Sanders - Revolution Yang - EVOLUTION We need to think harder about the future, and right now the only candidate that understands our future and how humans interact with technology is Andrew Yang.
@@christianw6819 A large part of Yang's policy is derived from Sanders. Yang's policies are broadly speaking similar to Sander's. Yang and Sanders actually get along pretty well (Yang admitted Bernie's helped the country and does good work). Bernie also supports the people, including often disenfranchised minorities; how is he disgusting. Bernie is an actually principled person and (for people like me) the only hope for us to stay afloat. My family nearly went bankrupt from my medical bills when I was born. We barely managed to keep our insurance and we're fine now, but we were close to essentially going bankrupt from no fault of our own. We don't waste money and save all we can, but we would have lost everything because of private insurance companies. Bernie is the only hope for people like me. So to say he is disgusting is honestly something I find very upsetting and unreasonable. A principled person who cares about people- if you think that's disgusting, I don't know what to say to you. Probably you'd find Trump much better- gotta ruin people's lives and take corporate money- can't allow "socialism" even if it's the only way to save millions of lives, gotta vote for the racist orange
Most of the shit posters are Russian bots. They're starting to notice him; you can tell by the fractured English and a strange interest in keeping a psychopath in the US Presidency for another however many years. Seriously, anyone who hasn't noticed by now that Trump is toxic really needs to be shut down with force.
@no name How? Distributing money to everyone is not a good idea. Its possible to live off 12k a year and people will do that and not work. Seems to me that it is a communist/socialist plan.
@no name Basic income has been tried several times without working. Also he says "per adult", how many people do you think will come flooding into our country, attempting to get much more then they are used too. Why would anyone work at minimum wage, they are only getting 3k more for working full time.
He speaks Human. I like that. Until today, I never paid much attention to Andrew Yang-- mostly because I thought people wouldn't buy his UBI idea. But now I'm seeing he's much more than that; now I'm finding that I'm clicking on his name every time I see it...
francis chow Peter thiel is a right wing moron. Hated by his fellow billionaires. He’s literally a gay republican. That’s how dumb he is. He supports the party that’s anti gay hahahaha
@@omgwtfbbqstfu I believe they're not really friends. Frankly, I don't even know why "Peter Thiel" is supposed to be a recognizable name. He's a lawyer who won the lottery ticket through working in a company he didn't have the skills to build.
I'm a Republican and I pray if a Democrat wins it's him! The dems have picked horrible choices in so bad that trump won the last election. I agree and disagree with Andrew on things but he is reasonable.
Why the hell would you be a republican? I heard it said best and most honestly from a guy at a lesson one time - "I am a republican because my parents were republicans", you don't seem to like trump, yet you have to that's part of what being a republican entails.
@@Hoobyj My whole family are Democrats for starters. And the idea that people have to believe and subscribe to all that a party entails is called identity politics, a childish game I dont play. I'm a Republican because I resonate with the party the best. The party that wants to keep our capitalist system (alike Yang) and the party that was founded to end slavery. That's why.
I’m a Republican too and I so badly want to vote in this Primary to get people like Tulsi/Bernie/Yang in the White House. I am sick of these out of touch candidates running the polls.
You can help by registering as Dem and vote in the Democratic Primaries. You can always change back to Republican after the Primary. That's his shot at presidency!
wow... podcasts and independent media are doing a much better job than major media corporations (CNN, MSNBC, etc..) this is amazing... ALL CANDIDATES SHOULD INVEST THEIR TIMES INTO MORE LONG FORM MEDIA... This includes podcasts and such.... its better for not only the candidates but the voters!
@Octav Roman i dont think ethan or hila would do that though, i feel like they respect the presidential system to much to play around with it and take the highest bidders money
30 second and 1 minute responses do not show the full potential of any candidate. And btw, Yang hasn’t even talked about his other impressive policies in his website.
TaraCote I totally agree. Yang is honestly a genius. I read his book a few months ago and it blew my mind. Highly recommend it, it's called "The War on Normal People".
Yang feels like an actual real person. He’s crazy smart but he doesn’t flaunt it or rub it in your face. I can’t remember the last politician who acted this way.
Anyone who doesn’t vote for this man or believe in what he’s saying is not trying to hear him. He has amazing policies and backs them all with cold hard facts. He doesn’t constantly try to discredit other politicians, he speaks purely facts
It’s so beautiful and refreshing hearing a conversation between three people that don’t cut off eachother at any point and only start talking when the other person stops
If you wanna see him go against trump, please consider changing your party affiliation and voting for him in the democratic primaries. He needs all the help he can get.
Nick L. As a Conservative I don’t know if I would vote for Yang. He has a hell of a campaign, but his agenda is just to far left for me to consider voting for Yang. On the other hand I’m not crazy about Trump. As a deeply rooted Christian I would much rather have someone that’s more respectful and open to new ideas. If no one new comes up in the Republican Party, I still think my vote still lies with Trump.
Ccmitch More income in people’s pockets (including yours unless you are young) will make the economy thrive with high purchase power. Welfare already exists, and that terrible system will be replaced by the unbias UBI.
I rarely ever comment but, this man has so much competence that I haven’t seen in such a long time. Solid points, that have real solutions. Plus, I absolutely love the fact that he’s not going with the violent video game narrative that every other politician goes with. I’m glad I’ll be turning 18 in 2020, I know who I’m voting for.
the video game narrative is perpetuated exclusively by right wing politicians. generalizations like the above are why people just say "ew politics" and dont vote. or say "hillary clinton is just as bad as DONALD TRUMP" and dont vote.
@@genericusername4883 wait actually? hol up also I'm a conservative and I feel like this is the only Dem candidate who's not insane and has actually real opinions. He feels like an actual person. By real opinions I just mean that he has intellectual diversity unlike any other democratic figurehead who seem like they all have the same opinions. Although I don't agree with him on guns, there are a lot smart things I think he has to say and I think the American people should at least give him a chance.
@@KoopsGG I'm not even American, I'm just informed when it comes to US politics because it has an impact on the whole world, socially and politically. And yes, he wants to implement a social credit system similar to the one in China, except without the punitive measures but it's very naive and dangerous to assume that nobody would abuse the system once it's already been implemented. The evil potential can't be underestimated. I'm not saying Yang would do that, I think he just hasn't thought it through. Just because somebody seems levelheaded and reasonable, doesn't mean they actually are.
@@peterpan1630 Of course. "VAT" is short for Value Added Tax, and what this means is that every transaction of a specified type has a set tax on it. Taxes like these exist all across the world, in over 160 countries especially because they are basically impossible to dodge. A VAT in America at half the European level (so 10%, as in most of Europe it is around 20%) is estimated to generate around 800 billion dollars a year in new revenue. The great thing is that the revenue from a VAT increases as the economy does better, so the better off the economy, the more the government has funding to provide services.
Ive lived in Australia and UK, Australia’s Vat is called GST (goods and services) and last I knew was 10%. UK has had VAT for decades and is currently 20%
As a fan of the show who leans right politically i would like to say that Yang makes a lot of sense with his answers and he may be the best candidate right now.
If it doesn't bother you, would you mind voting for Yang in the Dem primaries (switch if ur state requires it) cuz Trump is already guaranteed the Republican nominee. Come general election you'll have two choices to choose from that you like!!
Yang did through research on tech advance: Automation/AI/Robots, their pros and cons, he interviewed experts, common Americans on social and economy issues we are facing. He wrote a book is more like a academic research report: filled with data and facts. His policies are also based on his profound research, investigations. Thus, some sounds Idiotic policies, e.g Freedom Dividend, actually has profound economic and social influence on the whole nation and common Americans in a positive way!
camtasia1000 same here!! I kinda feel like he’s the Jeremy Lin for politicians, not just becuz of his race, but also becuz he’s able to ignite the passion for politics in people like Jeremy did for bball
If it doesn't bother you, would you mind voting for Yang in the Dem primaries (switch if ur state requires it) cuz Trump is already guaranteed the Republican nominee. Come general election you'll have two choices to choose from that you like!! It would be a much better choice than some of the corporate Democrat clowns running president.
@@im_a_spooon I agree with Spoon! Not trying to pander you or force you to do anything you don't want. It's just that there's a lot of really big names running this time around, and Andrew isn't well known and his ideas are new so he's less likely to be the nominee.
I wish there were more people like you. I’m so tired all of these people just voting for the popular guy on their team. My family looks at me like they’re about go off when I say anything remotely moderate or conservative. It’s insane.
right, yang is the only one who seem like he isn't trying to suck up to the new generation of voters and trying to make policies for the american majorities.
Such amazing questions asked. Also this guy has over 100 freakin' policies on his website. Crazy. If 2020 doesn't pan out for him I hope to see him at least somewhere in politics later hopefully.
@dakota you can actually pre-register to vote at some schools, at my high school you could pre-register if you asked the social studies teachers about it. They could bring in the documents for you to fill out so that by the time the election comes around if you're 18 you're all set to vote.
"over 100 freakin' policies on his website".............. but are they good policies that didn't previously result in poverty, famine, inflation, currency disaster and mass death?
For the past 3 elections, I have been completely tuned out on American politics because of how much of joke they were and also in how rigged/corrupt they have been, and not just in these past few elections but in most American elections for the past 40 years. I can now say that Andrew Yang has gotten me interested again in politics and though I doubt this broken system will ever let this guy sit in the White House, I will still support him in every way that I can. Its time for us to EVOLVE America.
CadetPenguin heck yes! Now we need to organize, spread the word, and make sure to be a registered Democrat and VOTE in the primary elections. It’s so important he could change our society for real. He has such broad appeal and can truly be everyone’s president
Yom Bomb social democracy and democratic socialism are very different things. Social democracy is not socialism. It is what you see in Scandinavia today, not what was seen in the USSR or what is seen today in Venezuela etc.
@Daniel Callahan I think he was kind of joking, he said asian and not asian-american. And btw, "asian" is not a race, like "european" or "american" is not a race. If he said "first european president candidate and I'm actually voting for him", would that be racist? People are too susceptible nowadays, we need to relax a little bit on these issues imo :)
@@Carloss86py But Andrew Yang is born in USA right? If a dude from Austria moves to USA and have a kid there, you wouldn't go "oh that's that european kid"
@@neptune9443 I am not negative like that guy and like a lot of it but to be fair in the EU the vat is paid for by the customer at the end of the day. When I went there once we paid a 10% VAT on top of sales tax. The company simply passes it on to the consumer, kind of like tarrifs but worse, so this means everything will cost 10% more. On top of that inflation even at current rates will eat away at the value of $1k and decrease your real purchasing power significantly. This will end up actually worsening the real poverty gap because well some people might rise out of poverty, people in the middle class making 30-50k per year will be squeezed even tighter by all the costs of living. This is called shrinking the middle class and sadly, has happened in the past. It's an event where the rich get slightly less wealthy, the government gets slightly wealthier, the poor get slightly wealthier but only for a short amount of time, and the middle class gets shafted. This is my main concern. Even worse would be normal working class people losing their employer sponsored health insurance plans, which is in Bernie's plan, and Yang does not plan to do this immediately because he knows he'd lose our votes but he has a long-term plan to roll it out in his second term. This happened to my single mother under Obama and she had to pay $900 a month in health insurance!! She had to get a full time job at the age of 62 which is heartbreaking for my family who wanted her to enjoy a good healthy retirement. My other friend who runs a small business, is currently paying $26k a year to provide health insurance for his family of 4. I don't know the exact numbers but it's something like 30% of his income. These democrats assume everyone running a small business is wealthy when my idea of a small business is selling stuff on the side for some extra cash to help pay for child care.
25:36 "I'm one of only 2 candidates over 10% of Trump voters said they would vote for. So with that that's enough to win. If I become the nominee I win this election, easy." Get this man the nomination.
Unfortunately that's the difficult part. Yang vs Trump is the easy win, but the DNC likes to screw over candidates who go against their agenda. Biden winning is another 4 years of Trump unfortunately.
@@cainification The biggest part of democracy and civic duty is getting involved and fighting for what you believe in. If everyone who believes in this message actively participates and spreads Yang's message, he will win despite the DNC and the political Establishment. They can only rig it so much.
He's looking out for the dignity of the working class American while taking on serious changes in the economy. He's funny, straight-speaking and he's run the numbers. He ain't an SJW either 😂
Please do! Yang genuinely cares about ALL Americans. It's actually quite refreshing to have a potential president that recognizes all its people - Not left, not Right...but Forward!
@@armykid0000 I'm also Canadian and I just told every American I met on a trip to San Francisco that I'm fascinated with Andrew Yang and engaged them in conversation about the future of automation and the incredible possibilities available to us in the age of technology if we don't miss the opportunity. IMHP, we need lots of local leaders and entrepreneurs making small mistakes and learning quickly. Andrew Yang would move the world in the right direction...forward.
Lol he said he was kidding but I don’t think he was, legalize marijuana nation wide and the tax from it significantly helps pay for our Freedom Dividend.
Hemp has so many other applications, is easy to grow, has less negativeimpact on the environment because it doesn't require heavy pesticide/herbicide. Could we let go of our need to kiss Saudi A$$ to prop up the PetroDollar and transition to a HempDollar?
I'm absolutely amazed by this man! It's like he's talking to me...he,s answering questions I didn't think of asking. Andrew Yang has my attention and vote.
@@janirobe Or because the entire 2020 democrat platform only exists because of Bernie Sanders from 2016, oh wait he's running so maybe lets go with that if we really care about these policies instead of 8 other people who picked up on that to seize their 15 minutes. Idk why we need another CEO/lawyer type y'all crazy.
@@Mm-zl8ks also probably do note that 12000 per year in the first year isn't something anyoned planned. very hard to achieve, yes. Worth the effort, to me, seems so. anything good won't happen in an instant, then again, i'm not really american and i don't really study american economy that much so if there's something that can prove me wrong, i'd happily take my word back
I love how he's pulling up to these podcasts and interviews. Feel like he's WAAAAAAAY more genuine than the other candidates that believe they're too good or sum
I was just telling my wife. Hes grown much more comfortable in this role over the 8 months I've been following. Its encouraging seeing him evolve so fluidly. He's actually focused on what the reality is. As if he legitimately cares about the words he says.
@@nopenoudidnt RIGHT. And I love how he did so much better in the last debate. Now when I speak about him to ppl that don't know him, I have more confidence to share his overall views and solutions
He may not get in this time. But here is the optimism folks. He's not going to go away, will continue to be heard, and thus continue his influence. And then there's 2024, and so on. He's 45.
Amazon did not pay *federal* tax in 2017/2018 due to rebates from the federal government but, instead paid 332 million in *corporate* tax in the U.S in 2018 and a similar amount in 2017. I presume Yang understands this yet played ignorant. Why?
Heuristically speaking your attitude is just what the campaign managers are counting on. Democrat / Republican it's a subtle bipolar wavering through time. It works people thrive here. I've retired well as an small business. person. We all want more.
You should see people’s face when I tell em in person, its a crazy vibe alone when I’m telling people this is possible. I talk to the people I work with and no one believes me, they act as if I’m crazy lol
Kept thinking that the whole time, I think a big part of that is he, obviously, didn't go into this unprepared & took it very seriously, you're right tho, great questions, near perfect questions actually, made Yang look REALLY good but didn't seem like he was throwing softballs by any stretch
