A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from April 05, 2024
“Government may be the only thing that can fail miserably and then get bigger as a result”

A statement about the inefficiency of government was posted on X/Twitter by American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician. Andrew Yang on March 26, 2020:
     
“Government may be the only thing that can fail miserably and then get bigger as a result.”
 
The tweet received over 70,000 likes.
   
     
Wikipedia: Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician. Yang was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. He founded the political party and action committee Forward Party in 2021, for which he serves as co-chair alongside former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.
 
X/Twitter
Andrew Yang馃Б猬嗭笍馃嚭馃嚫
@AndrewYang
Government may be the only thing that can fail miserably and then get bigger as a result.
5:13 PM 路 Mar 26, 2020
       
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cain
@MCain310
Yes and “Big Banks, corporations, and government may be the only things that can fail miserably and then get bigger as a result.”
11:20 PM 路 Mar 26, 2020
   
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911news
@911news
also, big corporations, ceos of big corporations fail and get paid more for that - and they pay, buy, own the government too
v @Thomas_Drake1
RT @AndrewYang: Government may be the only thing that can fail miserably and then get bigger as a result.
1:47 PM 路 Mar 27, 2020
 
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Sarah Michel
@Sarahh_Michel
Government may be the only thing that can fail miserably and then get bigger as a result.
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Holly
@hollyoxcoburn
Jul 21, 2021
Just a reminder that covid didn’t change your business, your travel, your choices, your way of life ... government did.
2:41 PM 路 Jul 28, 2021
   
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Fabian Negron
@_Progeniem_
Government may be the only thing that can fail miserably and then get bigger as a result.
11:06 PM 路 Feb 19, 2022
 
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Rothmus 馃彺
@Rothmus
Remembering this rare Yang W
(The Andrew Yang tweet of March 26, 2020 is shown.—ed.)
8:05 PM 路 Apr 5, 2024

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Friday, April 05, 2024 • Permalink


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