we have automated away 4 million manufacturing jobs

in Pennslyvania,

Ohio,

Michigan,

Wisconsin,

Missouri,

and Iowa.

All states that were swing states and competitive

and all states that went to Donald Trump.

So that's the state we're in right now

and unfortunately, I'm here to say

things are going to get much, much worse.

What we did to the manufacturing workers,

we're about to do to retail workers,

call center workers,

fast food workers,

truck drivers, and on and on

through the economy.

The only thing I worry about is that some total unknown

that nobody ever heard of comes along.

Then there's Andrew Yang.

Andrew Yang, entrepreneur and author

of the War on Normal People.

Andrew...

you're running for President.

Yes.

Yes, I am.

So we're in the third or fourth inning

of the greatest techological and economic shift

in human history.

He's looking at what's happening in tech and automation and AI,

and he says, this is going to be catastrophic

if we don't figure out how to deal with it,

and he thinks UBI is the solution.

Every American gets $1,000 a month

I've never seen shareholders get upset

when a company declares a dividend.

This is a dividend for the American people.

We are the richest, most advanced society

in the history of mankind.

He's really been campaigning on a platform of ideas,

and it's been fascinating to watch how that has taken off,

and I think that kind of candidate

really could make headway.

I'm Andrew Yang.

I'm a serial entrepreneur.

I'm not a politician.

I'm a problem solver.

Some people call me a futurist, and I say I'm a 'presentist'.

It's just that the other politicians

are stuck in the past.

Right now, 57% of Americans

can't afford an unexpected $500 bill.

What happens when you put $1,000 a month in their hands?

Where does that money go?

They're going to spend it, right?

In their local community.

Instead of GDP, we should be measuring childhood education

rates, average income, mental health and freedom

from substance abuse, environmental sustainability,

the proportion of our elderly who can retire

in quality circumstances.

If we change the measurements, we can change everything.

We spend twice as much as other industrialized countries

on our health care than other countries

because our system rewards activity and not healthfulness,

and as President, I will move us towards Medicare for All,

and get the incentives right.

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Washington DC is not a town of leaders,

it's a town of followers.

We need to create a wave in the rest of the country,

and bring that wave crashing down on their heads.

And I'm here tonight to ask you

will you create that wave with me?

Yes!

Together, we can build a new economy

that prioritizes human beings,

and we can take this disaster of a presidency

and swing it the other direction.

We have to have our own vision and have the courage to say,

"If we invest in ourselves, then we will all win."

Please welcome

Please welcome to the stage

The next President

of the United States

Andrew Yang.