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Yang is willing to adjust policy positions if the data supports it. If property prices are being raised due to UBI, then I'm sure he'd support something like L
by halfjoking 7y ago
Yang is willing to adjust policy positions if the data supports it. If property prices are being raised due to UBI, then I'm sure he'd support something like LVT.
That's the difference with Yang. He's the most data-driven politician I've ever seen.
Other politicians seem mostly ideological, and I don't think they'd adjust their policies even in the face of overwhelming data it's not working. Like if Warren used Antitrust law to break up Amazon and it didn't change any relevant metrics, I think she would still call the policy a success. Ideological politicians like that are way more dangerous than someone who wants to try new ideas and is willing to adjust if they don't work.
- vharuck 7y agoI can't know how Warren would adapt her beliefs in the face of contradictory data in the future, but she's done that in the past [0]. She believed in a self-correcting and fair market that would be harmed by many regulations, but then she did a study of bankruptcy claims. The results contradicted what she expected to find, and she changed her beliefs instead of her interpretation of the data. [0] https://www.npr.org/2019/12/10/786314251/elizabeth-warrens-journey-from-pro-business-academic-to-consumer-advocate https://www.npr.org/2019/12/10/786314251/elizabeth-warrens-j...
- kortilla 7y agoHolding onto UBI at this point is ideological for him. There is no evidence that $10k/year is near enough to alleviate people from having to take terrible jobs. $10k/year is about the equivalent of making $5/hr full time, which is below minimum wage and way into poverty. At this point his proposal is just a really expensive handout for people that already have jobs. And what critical social services are going to be cut to foot that bill?