During his appearance at the Crosscut Ideas Festival on May 6, 2023, Yang shared some startling statistics with the audience and his interviewer, Crosscut executive editor M. David Lee III: Support for a universal basic income, the most-discussed idea of his campaign, has risen from 27% in 2018 to 65% in 2020. Also, public approval of Congress hovers around 18%-22%, yet, inexplicably, the incumbent re-election rate is 94%.
So what is the greatest job threat for lawmakers so entrenched? Being primaried — which leads to both sides, Yang said, moving away from the center, and from there to a legislative system in which extremism and inaction are rewarded.
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