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PETE BUTTIGIEG ALL LEAD
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A POTENTIAL
2020 MATCHUP ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO
10 PERCENTAGE POINTS.
ONE OF THE CANDIDATES
TRYING TO BREAK INTO THAT LEAD
GROUP IS ANDREW YANG.
HE IS CURRENTLY POLLING 3 % IN
THE NATIONAL POLLS.
HE WAS CAMPAIGNING TODAY IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
I SPOKE WITH HIM ONE-ON-ONE IN
CONCORD.
Reporter: BEFORE THIS RUN,
YOU WERE A CORPORATE LAWYER,
CEO OF A TEST PREP COMPANY AND
FOUNDED A PROGRAM CALLED
VENTURE FOR AMERICA TO HELP
ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS.
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT?
I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT TO
WAKE PEOPLE UP TO THE FACT WE
ARE GOING THROUGH THE GREATEST
ECONOMIC CHANGE IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION, IT LED TO DONALD
TRUMP BEING OUR PRESIDENT, 4
MILLION MANUFACTURING JOBS IN
PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO, WISCONSIN.
WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING TO
MILLIONS OF RETAIL JOBS, CALL
CENTER JOBS, FAST FOOD JOBS,
TRUCK DRIVING JOBS AND ON AND
ON THROUGHOUT THE ECONOMY.
WE NEED TO ADJUST TO THAT AND
SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THEY GOT
DONALD TRUMP ELECTED.
YOUR SIGNATURE PROPOSAL IS
UNIVERSAL BASIC DIVIDEND, $1000
A MONTH FOR EVERYONE IN THE
U.S. IT WOULD COST ABOUT $4
TRILLION.
HOW DO YOU PAY FOR THAT?
IT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN
THAT.
SO, THE WAY WE PAY FOR IT,
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE AMAZON,
TRILLION DOLLAR TECH COMPANY
CLOSING 30 % OF AMERICA'S
STORES IN MALLS AND PAYING ZERO
DOLLARS IN TAXES.
IF WE GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
A TINY FAIR SHARE OF EVERY
AMAZON SALE, GOOGLE SEARCH,
FACEBOOK ADD, WE WOULD GENERATE
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN NEW REVENUE THAT WOULD HELP
PAY FOR DIVIDEND.
A STUDY JUST CAME OUT THE DATA
IS NOW WORTH MORE THAN OIL.
HOW MUCH OF THAT VALUE DO WE SEE
? NONE OF IT, OUR DATA GETS
SOLD AND RESOLD BY TECH
COMPANIES.
WE PUT THAT VALUE INTO OUR
HAND, WE CAN BUILD A TRICKLE UP
ECONOMY VERY QUICKLY.
Reporter: UNDER THIS
PROPOSAL, EVERYONE WOULD GET
$1000 A MONTH FROM THE
MILLIONAIRE TO THE WORKING MOM
MKING $40,000 A YEAR.
DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO HAVE
IT AS A GRADUATED FREEDOM
DIVIDEND WHERE THE MOM MAKING
$40,000 YEAR GETS MORE THAN THE
MILLIONAIRE?
THERE'S ONE STATE THAT HAD A
DIVIDEND IN PLACE ALMOST 40
YEARS, EVERYONE IN THE STATE
GETS BETWEEN ONE TO $2000 A
YEAR, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, THAT
STATE IS ALASKA, THEY FUND IT
WITH OIL MONEY, EVERYONE GETS
IT FROM THE RICHEST ALASKAN TO
THE PORES.
IN OUR CASE, IF WE GIVE IT TO
EVERYONE, IT WILL BECOME
UNIVERSALLY POPULAR, THERE'S NO
STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT, I'M
GETTING IT AND YOU'RE NOT.
IT ALSO REMOVES ALL OF THE
ADMINISTRATION REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE THERE'S
NO INCENTIVE TO UNDERREPORT
YOUR INCOME IF EVERYONE IS
GETTING IT.
Reporter: ISN'T GIVING BILL
GATES AN EXTRA THOUSAND DOLLARS
A MONTH A WASTE OF MONEY?
MY PLAN WOULD GET MILLIONS,
MAYBE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FROM THE BILL GATES OF
THE WORLD, WE SEND THEM $1000 A
MONTH TO REMIND THEM THEY ARE
AN AMERICAN, IT IS OVERALL A
WIN.
WEAK PEOPLE SO FOCUS ON THE
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME, THEY
DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON
OTHER MAJOR ISSUES IN 2020.
WHERE DO YOU STAND ON MEDICARE
FOR ALL?
I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE TO
MEDICARE FOR ALL SYSTEM, I
WOULD NOT GET RID OF PRIVATE
INSURANCE.
THEY HAVE TO OUTCOMPETE PRIVATE
INSURERS.
I THINK EVEN IF WE DO
EVERYTHING RIGHT, THERE WILL BE
A PRIVATE INSURANCE MARKET.
Reporter: YOU ARGUE FOR
LEGALIZING MARIJUANA NATIONALLY
AND DECRIMINALIZING SOME DRUGS.
IS THAT ALL DRUGS?
IT IS DECRIMINALIZING
ADDICTIVE OPIATES.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PLATE IN
THE COUNTRY, EIGHT AMERICANS
ARE DYING EVERY HOUR OF OPIOID
OVERDOSES.
THE GOAL HAS TO BE TO TRY TO
BRING BOTH ABUSE AND OVERDOSE
RATES DOWN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THE WORLD,
WHEN THEY DECRIMINALIZED THESE
DRUGS FOR PERSONAL USE, IF YOUR
DEALER YOU GO TO JAIL.
IF YOU'RE AN ADDICT AND WE
CAUGHT YOU WITH THE DRUGS, WE
DON'T SEND YOU TO JAIL, WE SEND
YOU THE COUNSELING AND
TREATMENT.
THIS BRINGS DOWN OVERDOSE AND
ABUSE RATES OVERTIME.
Reporter: YOU KNOW OF FORMAL
FOREIGN-POLICY EXPERIENCE, WE
ARE AT ATOMIC, THE SITUATION IN
SYRIA, NORTH KOREA AND IRAN,
AMERICANS ARE TUNED INTO
FOREIGN-POLICY AT THE MOMENT,
HOW DO YOU PERSUADE VOTERS YOU
HAVE THE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
AND YOU ARE PREPARED TO BE THE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF?
Reporter: FIRST, A LOT OF
THREATS WE ARE FACING INTO THE
21st CENTURY WILL BE DIFFERENT
THAN THE THREATS WE FACED IN
THE LAST CENTURY.
THAT INCLUDES CYBER SECURITY,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,
DRONES, LOOSE NUCLEAR MATERIAL,
CLIMATE CHANGE, NONSTATE
ACTORS.
WE NEED A COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
THAT ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS THE
CHALLENGES OF THIS ERA.
I BELIEVE I CAN HELP CATCH US
UP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR
GOVERNMENT IS DECADES BEHIND
THE CURVE ON ISSUES LIKE
TECHNOLOGY, CYBER SECURITY, AI
AND UNFORTUNATELY CLIMATE
CHANGE.
Reporter: YOU HAVE BEEN OPEN
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
I WANT TO GET TO THE PERSONAL
QUESTION, YOU HAVE A YOUNG SON
WITH AUTISM, TWO YOUNG SONS.
I WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTION
THAT IS NOT ASKED OFTEN OF MALE
CANDIDATES, HOW DO YOU BALANCE
YOUR JOB AS A FATHER AND CARING
FOR YOUR KIDS AND WIFE WITH THE
CONSTANT TRAVEL AND STRESS OF
BEING A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE,
HOW DO YOU BALANCE THAT?
OCCASIONALLY SOMEONE THINKS
ME ON THE TRAIL FOR RUNNING, I
SAY THANK MY WIFE, I'M VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE A SUPERWOMAN
AS A PARTNER WHO HAS BEEN
TAKING IT ON THE CHIN WHERE OUR
BOYS ARE CONCERNED.
I MISS THEM TERRIBLY WHEN I'M
ON THE ROAD, THEY UNFORTUNATELY
ARE GETTING USED TO ME NOT
BEING AROUND.
IT IS VERY HARD BUT WE HAVE A
LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS SPENDING