Andrew Yang Quotes

I'm a capitalist, and I believe that universal basic income is necessary for capitalism to continue.

I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't eat more, I can't do more, and I want it distributed among the ordinary people who work every day.

While it won't solve all the world's ills - and ideas such as a rent cap and more social housing are necessary in places where housing is scarce - a basic income would work like venture capital for the people.

Prohibiting Poverty

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

I want to give people a basic income, so that if you're working hard, doing the best you can, that you can not just survive, but you can have a decent life.

Same way we have enough money to bail out Wall Street, we need to put a down payment on Main Street.

I don't see basic income as a panacea, but we must have a new income distribution system. The old one has broken down irretrievably.

Expanding the EITC can get us close to a universal basic minimum income.

A primary justification for a basic income is social justice.

A universal basic income would be the best way to give everyone the opportunity to do more unpaid but incredibly important work, such as caring for children and the elderly.

There's enough wealth in the world that no one should go without.

The benefits of a universal basic income overall are huge.

You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.

What good is a high GDP if some, or even many, Americans are left behind?

The claim that if people had a basic income they would become lazy is prejudiced and has been refuted many times in many places.

I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.

It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.

But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living.

What many economists fail to understand is that poor people are no less concerned about improving their lot and that of their children than rich people are.

Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.