Andrew Yang's new political party endorsed a Minnesota gubernatorial candidate who's against UBI [View all]
Andrew Yang’s new political party is off to a confusing start in Minnesota, as its first endorsed statewide candidate – independent gubernatorial candidate Cory Hepola – has expressed skepticism about one of the Forward Party’s founding principles: universal basic income.
Universal basic income was one of Yang’s major campaign points during his unsuccessful runs for president and mayor of New York City. As the idea has gained legitimacy across the country, cities like Minneapolis, St. Paul, Compton and Richmond started experimenting with government-funded, unconditional monthly cash payments for low-income families.
When Yang switched his affiliation from Democrat to independent and announced the creation of the Forward Party last October, he told an audience of Washington D.C. supporters: “By the way, [the Forward Party] is how we’re going to pass universal basic income.”
But the Forward Party endorsed Hepola in March, who told Axios that while he now supports the policy on a federal level, he has no plans to institute a statewide UBI if elected as Minnesota’s governor.
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