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Andrew Yang's cash giveaway makes an important point about jobs

Andrew Yang, who has been called "the internet's favorite candidate," turned into something of a latter-day Oprah during Thursday night's 2020 Democratic presidential debate.

Instead of offering each member of his audience a new car, as Oprah Winfrey famously did once during her daytime television talk show days, New York CEO and philanthropist Yang offered an online lottery.

During his opening remarks, the former entrepreneur and currently long shot presidential candidate offered

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