Frustrated with the 45th president of the United States? Overwhelmed by the number of 2020 Democratic Primary Candidates? These are the problems Caroline Repola and William Price set out to solve when they started Twenty 20 Vision. Every week they discuss what they like (and don't like) about a 2020…
We go on some sidetracks this week. It is a good time.
Click the links below to learn more about Elizabeth Warren. Warrens Student Debt Plan (https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1128314853595189249 https://medium.com/@teamwarren https://elizabethwarren.com/ https://medium.com/@teamwarren/im-calling-for-something-truly-transformational-universal-free-public-college-and-cancellation-of-a246cd0f910f) Warren's Many Medium Post and Policy Proposals (https://medium.com/@teamwarren) Warren's Website (https://elizabethwarren.com/) Warren's Twitter (https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1128314853595189249) Nearly half of all e-commerce goes through Amazon. (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/12/amazon-to-take-almost-50-percent-of-us-e-commerce-market-by-years-end.html) More than 70% of all Internet traffic goes through sites owned or operated by Google or Facebook. (https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-google-internet-traffic-net-neutrality-monopoly-699286) Baily the Dog (https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/8fd88b2/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F2c%2Faf%2Fc4eb24c0483694456dedd787f8c4%2F190302-bailey-gtty-773.jpg)
Biden, Harris, Pete, the other guys we talk about them.
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Episode Correction - Will refered to SNAP as SNAPS. Oops. Andrew's "Annoucement" Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaN0I4-f3fM&feature=youtu.be) Andrew on UIB (https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-ubi/) Andrew on Healthcare (https://www.yang2020.com/policies/medicare-for-all/) Andrew on Climate Change (https://www.yang2020.com/policies/climate-change/) Click around his site to see the other policies we talked about. Other References we used: https://www.axios.com/the-alt-right-obsession-with-foiling-the-left-andrew-yang-f17c3786-d08a-4f31-b24f-db3630ec985a.html https://www.axios.com/andrew-yang-2020-presidential-election-factsheet-c93fd5ef-8201-4ba6-878b-72b3edc5a945.html https://www.thecut.com/2019/04/what-to-know-about-2020-presidential-candidate-andrew-yang.html http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/2020-democratic-debates-which-candidates-have-qualified.html https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/17/18408685/andrew-yang-2020-president-democrat-candidate-policies-universal-basic-income-reddit-twitter
Amy for America (https://amyklobuchar.com/) Amy Klobuchar 2015 personal finances from OpenSecrets.org (https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/net-worth?cid=N00027500&year=2015) Amy’s Plan to Build America’s Infrastructure (https://medium.com/@AmyforAmerica/amys-plan-to-build-america-s-infrastructure-671b08a10751) Mathematician Moon Duchin joins Nate Silver and Galen Druke to discuss a method of spotting partisan gerrymandering. (https://overcast.fm/+G_9WJbes0) Ro Khanna on twitter about Portugal net neutrality. (https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/923701871092441088) Episode Corrections: * Will said “who usually buy used cars...and pay cash for them” and although people with an income less than 40,000 a year are significantly more likely to not finance a vehicle purchase they about 54% of their auto purchases are financed in some way. (https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2016-economic-well-being-of-us-households-in-2015-Automobile-Purchase-Decisions-and-Auto-Lending.htm) * We recorded this episode before Joe Biden Announced his presidency. * What Shelby County v. Holder actually ruled was that coverage formula of the voting rights act is based on data over 40 years old and no longer responsive to current needs. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder) * Also Will doesn’t know what he is talking about the Voting Rights Act was from the civil rights period not the civil war period.
References: Corybooker.com (corybooker.com) www.booker.senate.gov (www.booker.senate.gov) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker) “Cory Booker had a confusing answer about health care in his first 2020 press conference” Vox (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/1/18207383/cory-booker-2020-medicare-for-all) “Cory Booker on the Issues: Where He Stands” The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/politics/cory-booker-on-the-issues.html) “Cory Booker is Running for President in 2020. Here’s Where He Stands on 9 Important Issues” Elle (https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a26136668/cory-booker-presidential-election-2020-issues/) New Booker Bill Seeks to Establish Model for Federal Jobs Guarantee Program in High-Unemployment Communities (https://www.booker.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=778)
Information about the 27th Amendment. (https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxvii) U.N. confirms thas U.S.-led airstrike killed 13 civilians in Afghanstan. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/un-confirms-that-us-led-airstrike-killed-13-civilians-in-afghanistan/2019/03/25/47d93a16-4eeb-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e37307277742)