Andrew Yang heads to Democratic presidential debate

The first Democratic presidential debate in June is likely to feature many familiar faces: Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Amy Klobuchar.

今年6月的首場民主黨總統參選人辯論可能會出現很多熟悉面孔：伯尼·桑德斯、卡瑪拉·哈里斯、伊麗莎白·沃倫、科裏·布克、艾米·克洛布查爾等。

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Yang, a 44-year-old entrepreneur who has no political experience, announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination back in late 2017.He is described as “someone even few political junkies had heard of until very recently”.

如果不出意外，現年44歲、沒有政治經驗的企業家楊安澤也會出現在這份名單中。在2017年底，被稱爲政治素人的他宣佈競選民主黨總統候選人。

According to Election Betting Odds, a site for live election odds, Andrew Yang ranked sixth on chance of winning the US presidency in 2020, with a rate of 3.1%. And on the Democratic Primary list, Yang surpassed Warren and Booker at 5.6%.

目前，實時選舉賠率網站Election Betting Odds顯示，楊安澤在2020年美國總統大選中獲勝的機率爲3.1%，是6號種子選手。在民主黨初選名單上，他以5.6%的得票率超過了伊麗莎白·沃倫和科裏·布克，而且得票率還在繼續上升。

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“Holy cow—we did it! We reached 65,000 individual donors more than two months before the May 15th deadline! Not only did we raise 65,000 individual donations, we also raised over $750,000 in the last month. Incredible! Thank you so much for everything you did to make it happen,” Yang wrote on his website for 2020 US president campaign on March 12.

“天哪——我們做到了！距5月15日截止日期還有兩個多月，我們已經有6.5萬名捐贈者！我們不只是擁有6.5萬筆個人捐款，僅在上個月，我們就籌集了75萬美元。難以置信！”3月12日，楊安澤在他的2020年美國總統競選網站上寫道。

“This all but assures that I will be in the DNC Primary Debates in June/July. We were at only 15,000 donors in February. We received 50,000 new donors in a month!”

“幾乎可以肯定，我將參加民主黨全國委員會初選辯論。今年2月，我們才只有1.5萬名捐贈者。只用一個月，我們就新增了5萬名捐贈者！”

65,000 unique donors are required to be qualified for the first round of the Democratic primary debate for US presidency in 2020.

6.5萬名獨立捐贈者是能夠參加2020年美國總統大選民主黨初選首輪辯論的門檻。

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He received 75,780 donors by March 19 while he targets to hit the debate stage with 200,000 individual donors.

截至3月19日，楊安澤得到75,780份捐贈，而他的目標是在辯論階段得到20萬份個人捐贈。

Media said that most of the country still doesn't know his name, though he has reason to believe that's changing.

美媒稱，全國大多數人仍然不知道他的名字，但楊安澤有理由相信這種情況正在改變。

"I needed to declare early to introduce myself to the American people. And that's what I'm doing," he told NBC News. "Still, the majority of Americans have never heard of Andrew Yang, so I have a lot of work to do. But we are very excited by the progress of the campaign and we 100 percent think we can compete and win the White House next year."

楊安澤接受NBC新聞採訪時說道。“大多數美國人從未聽說過楊安澤，所以我有很多工作要做。但是我們對競選的進展感到非常興奮。”

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Profile of Andrew Yang

·Born: Schenectady, New York

·Undergraduate: Brown University

·Previous roles: Founder of Venture for America, Manhattan Prep CEO, Stargiving.com VP, corporate attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell

In 2011, Yang started Venture for America (VFA), an effort to try to prevent elite colleges and universities from funneling graduates toward safe options (like jobs in finance, management consulting, or big law) by enlisting teams of fellows to move to cities across America and work for local startups.

2011年，楊安澤創辦了“爲美國創業”的獎學金項目(簡稱VFA)，旨在通過招募名校畢業生到美國各地爲當地初創企業工作，以防止精英院校集中將畢業生引向金融、管理諮詢或法律等行業。

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As detailed in a 2013 New York Times profile, the group offers recent graduates a five-week boot camp on entrepreneurship, and then sets them up with startup jobs at companies that “must be less than 10 years old and employ less than 100 people. Starting salaries are $33,000 to $38,000.” The target fellows are people from selective schools who could easily be making six figures at other jobs straight out of college.

2013年《紐約時報》對VFA項目進行了詳細的報道，稱該組織爲新近畢業的大學生提供了爲期五週的創業訓練營，然後爲他們安排工作，初創企業“必須成立不到10年，僱員人數不超過100人，起薪爲3.3萬至3.8萬美元。”楊安澤說：“我們的目標對象是一些名牌學校的學生，他們大學一畢業就能在其他工作上輕鬆掙到六位數的薪水。”

Slogan: Humanity first

競選口號：人性第一

Yang’s top three platforms are universal basic income, Medicare for all and human-centered capitalism. His proposal for universal basic income, his central campaign issue, is grounded in a belief that millions of jobs will be wiped away due to automation.

楊安澤競選提出的三大政策是全民基本收入、全民醫保和以人爲本的資本主義。

Yang would implement a Universal Basic Income, “The Freedom Dividend,” of $1,000/month, $12,000 a year for every American adult over the age of 18. This is independent of one’s work status or any other factor. This would enable all Americans to pay their bills, educate themselves, start businesses, be more creative, stay healthy, relocate for work, spend time with their children, take care of loved ones.

楊安澤承諾將實行全民基本收入，他把這一計劃稱爲每月1,000美元的“自由紅利”，即每位18歲以上的美國成年人每年能收到12,000美元。”這與一個人的工作狀況或任何其他因素無關。而這筆錢則可使所有美國人能夠支付賬單、教育、創業，能夠更有創造力、保持健康，有與孩子共度的時光，能夠照顧所愛的人。”

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A Universal Basic Income at this level would permanently grow the economy by 12.56 to 13.10 percent—or about $2.5 trillion by 2025—and it would increase the labor force by 4.5 to 4.7 million people. Putting money into people’s hands and keeping it there would be a perpetual boost and support to job growth and the economy.

按照楊安澤的計劃，實現全民基本收入將使經濟永久性增長12.56%至13.10%，也就是說到2025年，美國的經濟總量將到達2.5萬億美元，並將使勞動力增加450萬至470萬人。把錢放到人們的手中，這會對就業增長和經濟產生永久性的推動和支持。

Andrew Yang: “Healthcare should be a basic right for all Americans. Right now, if you get sick you have two things to worry about – how to get better and how to pay for it. Too many Americans are making terrible, impossible choices between paying for healthcare and other needs. We need to provide high-quality healthcare to all Americans and a single-payer system is the most efficient way to accomplish that. It will be a massive boost to our economy as people will be able to start businesses and change jobs without fear of losing their health insurance.”

楊安澤同時主張醫療保健應該是所有美國人的一項基本權利。“現在，如果你生病了，你有兩件事要擔心——如何康復和如何支付醫療費用。太多的美國人在支付醫療保健和其他需求之間做出了可怕的、難以置信的選擇。我們需要爲所有美國人提供高質量的醫療保健服務，而單一支付系統是實現這一目標的最有效途徑。這將對我們的經濟產生巨大的推動作用，因爲人們可以在不擔心失去醫療保險的情況下創業和換工作。”

Compiled by Chi Jingyi

Sources: Yang2020.com, New York Times, NBC, Intelligencer, Vox