I feel politically lost

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

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^ That sounds like something I’d like to hear more about.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

I find Yang’s ideas interesting (except for the $1,000/mo idea - weird), but, I’m not interested in an idea person. I’m interested in a pragmatist who can build support, make compromises, and get things passed.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

I find Yang’s ideas interesting (except for the $1,000/mo idea - weird), but, I’m not interested in an idea person. I’m interested in a pragmatist who can build support, make compromises, and get things passed.

That seems to be his biggest problem - "he is literally trying to give everybody money" but many have never heard of him or some like you are suspicious about it.

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1195520687286308864

For me, if I think in a macro economics sense, the idea becomes less - weird. We have a $20 trillion economy which is made up of total cash and credit spending. Yang wants to rearrange it and return a slice of it, about 12% to citizens, which then gets recycled in the economy over and over. You are looking at a small scale of reallocation of economic resources, so the poor and middle class get a share of the wealth created by big business and machines.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

I find Yang’s ideas interesting (except for the $1,000/mo idea - weird), but, I’m not interested in an idea person. I’m interested in a pragmatist who can build support, make compromises, and get things passed.

That seems to be his biggest problem - "he is literally trying to give everybody money" but many have never heard of him or some like you are suspicious about it.

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1195520687286308864

For me, if I think in a macro economics sense, the idea becomes less - weird. We have a $20 trillion economy which is made up of total cash and credit spending. Yang wants to rearrange it and return a slice of it, about 12% to citizens, which then gets recycled in the economy over and over. You are looking at a small scale of reallocation of economic resources, so the poor and middle class get a share of the wealth created by big business and machines.

Hmmm. I am done with businessmen running. (He's kind of coming at a bad time.) Now if an economist (like Warren) said this thing was a good idea, I might be swayed. Our foray in to having a businessman has been bad. Also I don't know how he is addressing health care costs but health care costs including insurance are bankrupting people.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel lost as well. I will (hopefully) be a naturalized citizen in 4 years. Who do I vote for?
I am an atheist and pro choice. I don’t care about gay marriage either way. I support school choice and charter schools. I also support science.
I am strongly opposed to illegal immigration, political correctness gone mad, social justice warfare, and everything along these lines. I guess I am neither liberal nor progressive in this sense.

This is me also. Though, I am an immigrant who is already a citizen. I feel the same way as you do about all of those topics. Have traditionally voted Democratic.

I dislike Trump as a person. But I think both Democrats and Republicans are equally corrupt.

Trump has my vote in 2020.

PP, look at the issues yourself. Watch the debates. Read about the positions of the Democrat candidates and see who you agree with more.

Both parties are craptastic. So, vote based on the issues.

I am actually happy I don’t have to make that choice in 2020

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

I find Yang’s ideas interesting (except for the $1,000/mo idea - weird), but, I’m not interested in an idea person. I’m interested in a pragmatist who can build support, make compromises, and get things passed.

That seems to be his biggest problem - "he is literally trying to give everybody money" but many have never heard of him or some like you are suspicious about it.

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1195520687286308864

For me, if I think in a macro economics sense, the idea becomes less - weird. We have a $20 trillion economy which is made up of total cash and credit spending. Yang wants to rearrange it and return a slice of it, about 12% to citizens, which then gets recycled in the economy over and over. You are looking at a small scale of reallocation of economic resources, so the poor and middle class get a share of the wealth created by big business and machines.

Hmmm. I am done with businessmen running. (He's kind of coming at a bad time.) Now if an economist (like Warren) said this thing was a good idea, I might be swayed. Our foray in to having a businessman has been bad. Also I don't know how he is addressing health care costs but health care costs including insurance are bankrupting people.

Yang is more a nonprofit guy than a businessman. He is probably one of the poorest of all the candidates running.

I am not sure Warren is an economist. She is a law professor. "Elizabeth Warren says Andrew Yang-backed universal basic income among 'options to consider' to ensure American financial well-being"

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1196567756600152064

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

I find Yang’s ideas interesting (except for the $1,000/mo idea - weird), but, I’m not interested in an idea person. I’m interested in a pragmatist who can build support, make compromises, and get things passed.

That seems to be his biggest problem - "he is literally trying to give everybody money" but many have never heard of him or some like you are suspicious about it.

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1195520687286308864

For me, if I think in a macro economics sense, the idea becomes less - weird. We have a $20 trillion economy which is made up of total cash and credit spending. Yang wants to rearrange it and return a slice of it, about 12% to citizens, which then gets recycled in the economy over and over. You are looking at a small scale of reallocation of economic resources, so the poor and middle class get a share of the wealth created by big business and machines.

I’m not entirely comfortable with our economy being “rearranged”.....who would pay for this? How would it happen? Would Republicans in Congress, or even Democrats, agree to this? I don’t think so. It’s just an idea! We can’t even do small things in Congress, were so dysfunctional.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

I find Yang’s ideas interesting (except for the $1,000/mo idea - weird), but, I’m not interested in an idea person. I’m interested in a pragmatist who can build support, make compromises, and get things passed.

That seems to be his biggest problem - "he is literally trying to give everybody money" but many have never heard of him or some like you are suspicious about it.

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1195520687286308864

For me, if I think in a macro economics sense, the idea becomes less - weird. We have a $20 trillion economy which is made up of total cash and credit spending. Yang wants to rearrange it and return a slice of it, about 12% to citizens, which then gets recycled in the economy over and over. You are looking at a small scale of reallocation of economic resources, so the poor and middle class get a share of the wealth created by big business and machines.

I’m not entirely comfortable with our economy being “rearranged”.....who would pay for this? How would it happen? Would Republicans in Congress, or even Democrats, agree to this? I don’t think so. It’s just an idea! We can’t even do small things in Congress, were so dysfunctional.

This is the biggest issue for 2020 - get the GOP out of Congress.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

Where wlll the $1000 a month per person come from?

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Anonymous wrote:At the end of the day, you have to decide if you are ok with the lies and corruption on Election Day 2020. We are way past policies at this point.

Lots and lies and corruption from the Clintons. I was able to get past that and vote for Bill twice and Hillary once.

I'll be able to get past it again this time and vote for Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

I find Yang’s ideas interesting (except for the $1,000/mo idea - weird), but, I’m not interested in an idea person. I’m interested in a pragmatist who can build support, make compromises, and get things passed.

That seems to be his biggest problem - "he is literally trying to give everybody money" but many have never heard of him or some like you are suspicious about it.

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1195520687286308864

For me, if I think in a macro economics sense, the idea becomes less - weird. We have a $20 trillion economy which is made up of total cash and credit spending. Yang wants to rearrange it and return a slice of it, about 12% to citizens, which then gets recycled in the economy over and over. You are looking at a small scale of reallocation of economic resources, so the poor and middle class get a share of the wealth created by big business and machines.

Hmmm. I am done with businessmen running. (He's kind of coming at a bad time.) Now if an economist (like Warren) said this thing was a good idea, I might be swayed. Our foray in to having a businessman has been bad. Also I don't know how he is addressing health care costs but health care costs including insurance are bankrupting people.

Yang is more a nonprofit guy than a businessman. He is probably one of the poorest of all the candidates running.

I am not sure Warren is an economist. She is a law professor. "Elizabeth Warren says Andrew Yang-backed universal basic income among 'options to consider' to ensure American financial well-being"

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1196567756600152064

Thank you, I am the one you replied to. This is good to hear.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so politically lost. I grew up in a "vote Democrat or die" home and was raised to believe that Republicans were the source of all problems in America. However, as the Democrats moved further to the left and I saw firsthand how the culture and policies of dependency impacted my family, I identified less and less with Democrats (I'm also a closeted pro-lifer and I'm not very sympathetic to illegal immigration so that doesn't help in today's Democratic Party). However, the current GOP is repulsive and amoral and there's no way in heck I can support their agenda which I think is chipping away at our democracy. I'm not going to vote Republican (haven't since Bush at the national level), but I don't feel wanted by the Democrats, so I feel lost. Voting for a 3rd party might feel emotionally right but won't help to solve our nation's problems. Is anyone else feeling lost and disillusioned in today's political world? If so, how are you coping with it?

I feel you. The two party system is so antiquated.

I am socially progressive and fiscally libertarian. Luckily there is a perfect candidate for millions like myself -- Andrew Yang. He doesn't judge the voters of either political spectrum, and only talks about the merits of a set of forward thinking solutions. Yang doesn't believe illegal immigration is the cause of the loss of millions jobs in the swing states. But he understands why many people felt that way. He intends to solve that problem.

How?

Are you asking about illegal immigration? Yang's flagship proposal is $1000 a month for every adult US citizen. Illegal immigrants are not eligible. Even though illegal immigration is not the cause of the loss of jobs in swing states, his proposal has a side effect of giving displaced workers a leg up over illegal immigrants. His plan is all about decreasing the illegal immigration, and attracting them to go through the legal channel to ultimately becoming citizens. He is for increasing guest worker programs and strengthening cooperation with Mexican government so they come legally and leave timely when work is done. Neither party in power has presented any real solutions. Trump has not built any new wall, and there doesn't seem to be any compromise possible. Yang is for border security and the solutions proposed by groups across the political spectrum.

Is it $1000/month for adult US citizens or kids also? Income limits?

I could see how Yang’s plan could really appeal to the rabid pro-life continent in the Republican Party. People would be popping our kids left and right if they know they can get $1000/month per kid! Definitely a decrease in the number abortions.

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Contingent not continent

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Anonymous wrote:I feel lost as well. I will (hopefully) be a naturalized citizen in 4 years. Who do I vote for?
I am an atheist and pro choice. I don’t care about gay marriage either way. I support school choice and charter schools. I also support science.
I am strongly opposed to illegal immigration, political correctness gone mad, social justice warfare, and everything along these lines. I guess I am neither liberal nor progressive in this sense.

Charter schools are a miserable failure almost everywhere. If you love sticking to clearly failed policies, the R party is for you!

Where I live, many of them (it a version of them called choice schools) are a huge success.
One of the most popular ones is in a wealthy, majority white school district.
They tried to open its “chapter” in a neighboring district that has around 30% SES students overall (the schools differ in that regard quite drastically) and were essentially not allowed to operate, though many people were interested in enrolling.
At least here, charter schools are a way for families that are interested in educating their kids to get together and avoid dealing with problems that aren’t theirs to solve, and moreover, the problems too big for them to solve.
If public schools implemented at least some of what the charter schools are offering, charters would be much less popular.
Not everyone can afford private to not deal with behavior and academic issues and lack of parental involvement in school affairs.

That’s not a benefit of charter schools, that’s a benefit of any school that allows you to pull your child out of the general population. Where I live magnet public schools accomplish this objective for parents who so choose to enroll. This is problematic for obvious reasons, but charter schools have even bigger problems that make them a non-starter.

Bigger problems for who?