April 21, 20187 yr comment_27072 Universal Basic Income. Tech entrepreneurs are leading the current push for universal basic income, perhaps because they can envision a future where robots do all the jobs, or perhaps because they think, as Andy Stern, the former head of the SEIU and the author of Raising the Floor, does, that it’s the best way to avoid a 1789-style revolution. https://lifehacker.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-universal-basic-income-1825172737?IR=T Report
April 21, 20187 yr comment_27074 Plus tech companies know the gig economy and the low skill/wage jobs, which they drive, can not create wealth or happiness for the individuals who have no choice but to participate it. Report
April 22, 20187 yr comment_27081 I'm not a big fan of the idea for a number of reasons two of which are........... 1. I think it will be a way to CONTROL people. Unless they make it an absolutely guranteed right that MUST be afforded to every citizen of the nation.....meaning they can't take away your monthly check no matter what.....then racists and hateful people in power will just use any excuse to start denying people their benefits like they're doing with welfare and other government benefits."Oh....you committed a felony?Sorry...no check for you EVER AGAIN!!!Oh.....you failed the montly drug test?Sorry....no check for you for ONE YEAR!!!" ....and so on and so on. 2. People are actually missing the fact that it's not the lack of jobs or even the lack of MONEY that's actually causing people distress. It's the inability to pay for BASIC NECESSITIES. All over America people can't afford their rent and house notes, they can't afford their medical insurance, they can't afford to eat properly. It doesn't matter how much money someone gives you, if it's not enough to COVER THE BASIC expenses of living in your community....it won't be enough. Plus, just like college costs went through the roof when the government started giving everyone thousands of dollars worth of loans so the university KNEW they would get the money...... If those who own your house or apartment KNOW you're gonna get atleast $1000 extra a month they are likely to CHARGE YOU another $900 a month if not the full grand on top of what you're already getting by with! Rather than giving people a stagnant basic income that won't be enough to cover your bills, they should guaranted everyone standard housing, certain amount of food, voucher for clothes, and free medical care. Report
April 22, 20187 yr Author comment_27087 Troy if I haven't seen something I say so. UBI can freeze people's economic status. Making socio economic status generational . Report
April 22, 20187 yr comment_27088 23 hours ago, Delano said: Tech entrepreneurs are leading the current push for universal basic income @DelanoI haven't read this article but Joy Reid interviewed Michael Tubbs, the Black Mayor of Stockton, CA earlier this year and he is already experimenting with the concept...I'd have to dig up the articles I read last year on UBI but Finland started last year . $500 a month extra can help people follow their passions. I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few people start a lot of new businesses. Link: http://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/how-will-free-cash-for-residents-change-the-face-of-stockton-ca-1158647363681https://sf.curbed.com/2018/2/1/16959714/stockton-universal-income-economy-families https://qz.com/876985/finland-hopes-to-dispel-one-of-the-biggest-critiques-of-a-basic-income/ Edited April 22, 20187 yr by Mel Hopkins correct name and finished thought and add link Report
April 23, 20187 yr Author comment_27120 Thanks Mel let me know what you think after you read the article Report
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