Over 75 people attended a town hall event at History Boy Theatre Company in Jefferson Sunday afternoon for Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.

The entrepreneur from California said while manufacturing jobs are being taken over by automation, he wants an economy that works for everyone and is pushing for trade skill education. Part of Yang’s campaign is giving every U.S. citizen who is 18 and older $1,000 per month for the rest of their lives. Yang believes this can be accomplished by taxing the technology companies, which he claims isn’t paying anything for income taxes. Once that system is in place, Yang said the “trickle up economy” would begin for families and individuals.

“Most of it would go car repairs that you have been putting off, daycare expenses, little league sign ups, and local non-profits. This is the ‘trickle up economy’ from our people, our families and our communities up. This would actually give rural areas in particular a real path forward and this would give our kids a real foundation to stand on.”

Yang also pushed for the people to take back the economy instead of having it run through the legislature at Washington, D.C., term limits for Congress members, and helping small farmers be competitive with large farm companies. Yang also made a campaign stop at The Port restaurant in Panora Sunday afternoon.