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Before the announcement, Mr. Yang's identity was an entrepreneur without any political experience. However, Yang Anze is now becoming more and more concerned. According to the DPJ's third-quarter fund-raising data, Mr. Yang's fund-raising grew by 257 per cent in the second quarter, with a growth rate at the top of the Democratic Party. This is partly because of the relatively low base of fund-raising for Mr. Yang, but on the absolute value of the third-quarter fund-raising, his fund-raising has even exceeded the Democratic Party's very high-rate senator, Corey Buck. It's a great achievement for a Chinese-American political person.
I support a Chinese-background for the highest power position in the United States, not because I'm a narrow nationalist, but because I support the diversification of American politics in some areas. Diversification is not only competitive, but also innovation and vitality. I think the American politics needs an alternative politician. You can also say that Mr. Yang and Mr. Trump are both "alternative" and non-general politicians, but the difference is that Mr. Yang and Mr. Yang put the reason into politics, while Mr. Trump is putting extreme, hysteria into politics. Yang Anze is a very practical, logical and analytical candidate who is good at making use of Data and academic research to support your point of view.
At present, more than 160 countries in the world have VAT, while the United States is not one of them. Yang Anze suggested that a higher VAT could be levied on luxury goods, while for commodities, such as fresh fruit, consideration would be given to abolishing or charging a very low VAT. Above all, VAT can tax the products and services offered by technology companies, a figure that will be substantial.
The crux of the question is whether "basic income for all" is a pure redistribution, or is it a way to stimulate supply? If it is pure redistribution, even without inflation, it may reduce productivity gains. This is an issue that should be discussed more.
Many opponents of Yang Anze's "basic income for the whole people" worry that such a large amount of government spending will eventually only lead to a general increase in tax rates and inflation. We cannot completely rule out these concerns, and if "basic income for all" only increases government spending without any effect of increased supply, it could be Latin American inflation.
Yang Anze's topic soared largely because of his bold core policy, the Freedom dividend. Yang Anze advocates an unconditional $1000 monthly "freedom dividend" for each American citizen. This is essentially a concept of "basic income for all". After this policy was put forward, it quickly aroused discussion at home and abroad in the United States. The first reaction of many people involved in the discussion, including many Chinese or intellectuals with Chinese background, was: isn't this socialism? This will only lead to serious inflation, right?
Yang Anze said Trump was able to win the election in 2016, in large part because the blue-collar class in the central United States is becoming increasingly helpless in the midst of economic and social change in the United States. In Yang Anze's view, Trump is just a specific "symptom" of American social problems and social lacerations, not a "crux." He believes that any Democratic presidential candidate who wants to beat Trump needs to be honest and direct about how to make life better, not worse, for Americans, especially those at the bottom, in the current era of rapid technological growth.? His solution is "basic income for all." ", that is, the" freedom dividend ".
Yang Anze supports the basic income of the whole people from the perspective of technological development. "We are going through the biggest technological change in the history of the world," he said. "Automation has destroyed 4 million manufacturing jobs in 2015. Some studies predict that over the next 12 years, 1/3 of American workers will lose their jobs as a result of automation. As technology advances, workers will be able to stop doing the most dangerous, repetitive and boring jobs. This should excite us, but if American workers don't have a source of income-they don't have the ability to pay for basic necessities, they don't have the ability to buy a house, they don't have the ability to save money for education, and they don't have the ability to save money for education. Ability to build a confident family-then the future can be very dark. The current labor participation rate in China is only 62.7%, the lowest level in decades, and one out of every five working-age people is not in the job market. With the advent of self-driving cars and other technologies, this will get worse. "
When Mr. Yang filed an application with the U.S. Federal Election Commission in November 2017 to participate as a Democrat in the 2020 presidential election, most Americans might not know who he is, and few thought he could be a truly competitive Democratic candidate.
