Andrew Yang on why our politicians and two-party system "fail us"

Andrew Yang says policies like Medicare for All and lower drug pricing, while popular with the public, can't go forward because the current system doesn't incentivize compromise in policy-building for lawmakers. "The tough thing is, for a very significant body of our legislators, keeping an issue around is more beneficial to them than solving it," Yang told Salon’s Dean Obeidallah while discussing his new book "Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy."

Watch the full SalonTalks conversation here: https://www.salon.com/tv/video/iquhkr