Andrew Yang in Slate.com


On Crime: Repeal 1994 crime bill, decriminalize truancy

Elizabeth Warren has released a criminal justice reform plan that takes aim at two of her chief rivals: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Warren targets the controversial 1994 crime bill, which Biden helped write, as well as school truancy, an issue which Harris took a firm approach to as a prosecutor in California. Warren called for a repeal of the bulk of the 1994 crime bill. Supporting the decriminalization of truancy, Warren advocates for "positive behavior interventions" over punishments.
Source: Slate.com on 2020 Democratic primary Aug 11, 2019

On Education: Offered high pay for teachers in earlier business

Yang mostly kept the company running as it always had. Manhattan Prep's signature practice was to pay tutors $100 an hour, three or four times the prevailing market rate, in order to attract the cream of the crop. In pursuits after Manhattan Prep, Yang stuck to the principle that high wages lead to better quality of teaching. Yang's platform includes the proposal to "increase teacher salaries" across the board.
Source: Slate.com on 2020 Democratic primary Jun 25, 2019

On Gun Control: Help gun owners "personalize" guns free of charge

You're more likely to have a child or the owner get shot than to kill an intruder into the house. The answer to the problem would be to have "personalized" guns that prevent anybody but the owner from firing the weapon. "If we can convince Americans that personalized guns are a good idea then--if the child gets ahold of the gun then they can't do anything with it," he said. "One of my proposals is to help gun owners upgrade their guns to personalized guns free of charge."
Source: Slate.com on 2020 Democratic primary Aug 11, 2019

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