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The optics of laying off a bunch of workers who just weathered a shutdown aside, his plan to Limit Bureaucracy in the Federal Workforce has the potential to upgrade the creakier facets of the government. One of his wilder notions is his plan to Automatically Sunset Old Laws, which is another libertarianism-infused policy that would require Congress to routinely renew important laws, a frightening proposition in our age of legislative dysfunction. Yang has forward-thinking proposals to Regulate AI and Other Emerging Technologies and Ease the Transition to Self-Driving Vehicles, which seek to mitigate the threat of murderous and job-stealing bots by creating a Department of Technology and a Trucking Czar. Yang’s flagship proposal, the Freedom Dividend, remains a tricky topic-UBI has been growing more and more popular, but it has yet to be embraced by any mainstream politicians, and though it could transform society its impact likely depends on how it's implemented.

MOONSHOTS THAT MIGHT BE CRAZY ENOUGH TO WORK: More personal is his plan to Fund Autism Intervention-one of Yang's sons is on the autism spectrum.

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On the more socialist end of the spectrum, Free Financial Counseling for All, Free Marriage Counseling for All, Early Childhood Education for All, Increase Assistance for Single Parents, and Life-Skills Education in All High Schools are some imaginative proposals about how government could be a force for good in everyday life. His plan on Support for the Arts, which involves copyright reform, is similarly not a cookie-cutter progressive idea. Many of Yang's proposals, like Enticing High-Skill Individuals to emigrate to the US by reforming visa programs or Making it Easy for Americans to Move for Work by offering tax rebates and reforming licensing requirements, have a vaguely libertarian-ish flavor to them, as does his plan for Tort Reform, which would give judges greater ability to toss frivolous lawsuits (it's unclear how that would work). And though audacious, his notion that Nuclear Launch Decisions shouldn't be entirely up to the sole discretion of the President isn't likely to be unpopular in the wake of Trump's tenure. Battling Algorithmic Trading/Fraud seems like a niche issue but it fits into Yang's overall techie vibe. The progressive wing of the party may be on board for Value-Added, Capital Gain/Carried Interest, and Financial Transaction Taxes, but the financial sector–funded neoliberal centrists still running the show are likely to push back. His championing of Nuclear Energy as a safe, clean bridge the gap to fully renewable power will ruffle some environmentalist feathers. On the other hand, Yang has no qualms about breaking from traditional Democratic orthodoxy.

Finally, he's not the only one who has called to Make Puerto Rico a State. His desire to Control the Cost of Higher Education and Make Community College Affordable for All is actually less radical than promises of tuition-free college from Bernie Sanders a Carbon Fee and Dividend would similarly fall short of the aggressiveness of the Green New Deal. If he's not specific about his desire to Reduce Student Loan Burden or Promote Vocational Education or Increase Teacher Salaries, he seems in step on those issues with the rest of the party. He also wants to Legalize Marijuana and support Medicare For All (or some other new health insurance system that covers everyone). Primary voters will find nothing unusual about his Paid Family Leave and Mandatory Paid Leave positions, which are in line with what other candidates want to do. When it comes to large corporations, he wants to Hold Pharmaceutical Companies Accountable and punish Economic Crime perpetrated by the finance sector. His platform may be overstuffed, but on a lot of fronts it just reaffirms that he's a Democrat who agrees with Democratic positions: On immigration, he backs a Pathway to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants, Southern Border Security, and the DREAM Act.