I think he’d be great in the cabinet, although I know in the past he said he’s not interested in that (president or bust).
What qualifications does he have to be in any cabinet role?
Is Andrew Yang involved at all in Harris's campaign?
Submitted 4 weeks ago by someguy3@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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jeffw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Echo5@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Probably because the question is political in nature and people are fed up of seeing it outside of political subs. I know this is nostupidquestions but during (American) election season especially it’s somewhat an etiquette to exercise political hygiene.
someguy3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I think this is far from a charged question.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 weeks ago
Well, today I learned the USA has a "Forward Party" and someone called Andrew Young who founded it 😅
voracitude@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If you knew why you got downvoted you wouldmt have had to ask. But you asked, and you got an answer, so what you think isn’t really relevant here.
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yang has never held office. I don’t think he has any business in the highest levels of politics. He doesn’t even know what he doesn’t know.
xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
IIRC, Yang ended up being pretty far right as far as Democratic candidates went; not who I would want in a cabinet-level position.
Beyond that, he really doesn’t have direct political experience, and being in a cabinet does require pretty solid abilities at managing politics. Or, it does if you want to be effective. The gov’t isn’t a business, and it shouldn’t be run the same way a for-profit business is run. To that end, I don’t think that politics and public service is really Yang’s wheelhouse. If he wants to cut his teeth on state politics, and then move up to the national level, he’s welcome to prove me wrong. (Not that he gives a shit about my opinion. But I think he’ll have a hard time getting elected without getting lower-stakes experience first.)
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Cuz fuck him, that’s why
someguy3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Why fuck him?
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
He had a good thing bringing UBI into the national conversation, other than that he comes off very disingenuous and self-interested to me, and lacks the qualifications for the positions he has run for.