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462. The Future of New York City Is in Question. Could Andrew Yang Be the Answer?

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I've Proposed a Billion Dollar Cash Belief Plan to Lift a Half Million New Yorkers Out of Extreme Poverty

i've proposed a billion dollar cash belief plan to try and lift about a half million new yorkers out of extreme poverty. And there's nothing stopping a majority of shareholders and majority of citizens from voting themselves a dividend to that then when yang was running for president. We had a direct experience with this last march, when my organization, humanity for decided to give a million dollars to a thousand families in the bronx as quickly as possible. I think it was a combination of some privacy concerns and inability to do it, frankly, and maybe lack of will....

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