Why the Democratic Debate Was So White [View all]

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Speaking to Stephen Colbert on Wednesday’s episode of The Late Show, Yang offered his explanation for the whiteness of Tuesday’s debate. “What I said at the debate before this one (is that) fewer than 5% of Americans donate to political campaigns. You need disposable income to contribute to campaigns, and you need some form of security in order to run for office. So what happened on the stage last night reflects the inequities and realities in our economy,” Yang said. “We should be more concerned with changing those realities on the ground. And if we did that then the stage would look very different. If you have communities of color who are just making ends meet, they don’t have the resources to contribute to campaigns at very high levels, and so you wind up with a stage that does not reflect the population of the country.”

Hiking the MW will not solve this problem. Changing the tax laws to one which will hit huge, very profitable corporations in a way that they cannot escape, and investing that money into Americans everywhere to circulate throughout their communities will address this problem.

A $1,000 per month cash handout would grow the economy by $2.5 trillion, new study says
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/31/1000-per-month-cash-handout-would-grow-the-economy-by-2-point-5-trillion.html