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  • ONE OF THE BIG PICTURE PROGRESSIVE IDEAS THAT HAS BEEN

  • OFTEN THEORIZED AND DISCUSSED BUT RARELY PUT INTO PRACTICE IS

  • THE IDEA OF A BASIC INCOME, BUT ANOTHER EXPERIMENT IN BASIC

  • INCOME IS ABOUT TO BE STARTED RIGHT NOW IN FINLAND WHERE THEY

  • WILL BE TESTING IT OUT WITH ABOUT 2000 OF THEIR CITIZENS.

  • THE BASIC INCOME IDEA CAN COME IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS, BUT THE

  • BASIC IDEA IS THAT PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE GOVERNMENT MONEY, LIKE A

  • FORM OF A WELFARE PAYMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, REGARDLESS

  • OF EMPLOYMENT STATUS, A SORT OF MINIMUM INCOME THEY WILL

  • RECEIVE.

  • IN SOME EXPERIMENTS IT IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY, IN THIS

  • CASE IT WILL BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, AND THERE ARE

  • VARIOUS WAYS TO ORGANIZE IT.

  • BUT THE IDEA IS THAT YOU CAN TO SOME

  • EXTENT MINIMIZE INCOME INEQUALITY, STIMULATE THE

  • ECONOMY, AND HELP PEOPLE OUT WHO ARE HURTING THE MOST BY

  • PROVIDING A MINIMUM INCOME BELOW WHICH THEY WILL NOT FALL.

  • AND TO

  • SOME EXTENT WE DO THIS ALREADY, YOU CAN RECEIVE HOUSING AND FOOD

  • ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE ON YOUR HEALTHCARE, WE SIMPLY MAKE IT

  • TARGETED TO SPECIFIC THINGS IN AMERICA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES

  • RATHER THAN A BASIC INCOME THAT IS REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS

  • GOING TO BE SPENT ON.

  • THAT IS THE FORM THEY WILL BE TAKING --

  • BY THE WAY IN THIS CASE THAT INCLUDES UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

  • THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING.

  • ONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE

  • CREATION OF THIS --

  • THE BASIC IDEA IS THAT RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE RECEIVING

  • UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND YOU SEE A JOB THAT IS SHORT-TERM OR

  • DOESN'T PAY VERY WELL YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO TAKE THAT JOB

  • BECAUSE YOU WILL LOSE OUT ON THOSE BENEFITS AND MAYBE NOT BE

  • ABLE TO GET THEM BACK WHEN THE SHORT TERM OR LOW-PAYING JOB

  • ENDS, WHEREAS IN THIS CASE IF YOU ARE ALREADY RECEIVING THE

  • MONEY YOU CAN TAKE THE JOB AND YOU WILL BE OKAY.

  • IT'S AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE

  • HOW IT GOES.

  • AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY

  • WORK FOR ALL COUNTRIES, AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THE ISSUE OF

  • INFLATION.

  • IF YOU HAND PEOPLE MONEY AND THERE ARE MORE

  • INDIVIDUALS SPENDING, WILL THAT INCREASE INFLATION OR HAVE SOME

  • NEGATIVE RAMIFICATIONS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS

  • DIDN'T THINK OF AHEAD OF TIME?

  • I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW

  • THIS WILL GO, I LIKE THE IDEA OF POLITICIANS IN THE COUNTRY

  • LOOKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE AND ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS A

  • DECENT QUALITY OF LIFE, I KNOW SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES HAVE A

  • LOT OF PROGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT MAKE RIGHT-WING HEADS EXPLODE

  • HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT STUDY AFTER STUDY SHOWS THAT

  • THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IS MUCH BETTER THAN OURS, THEIR OVERALL

  • HAPPINESS IS BETTER THAN OURS.

  • SO I LIKE THESE TYPES OF

  • EXPERIMENTS, AND I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

  • THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW DECADES

  • IN NAMIBIA AND BRAZIL, NORTH CAROLINA EVEN, THE NETHERLANDS.

  • IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME THING, BUT ALASKA'S PERMANENT

  • FUND, WHICH TAKES OIL REVENUE AND GIVES IT OUT TO EVERY

  • CITIZEN OF ALASKA, SOMETHING LIKE $1000, IS SOMETHING LIKE

  • THE BASIC INCOME.

  • ONE CONCERN IS THAT IT COULD LEAD TO PEOPLE

  • WORKING FEWER HOURS, SOME EXPERIMENTS HAVE SHOWN THAT IT

  • DOES LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN HOURS WORKED BY 5 TO 7%, I THINK

  • IF IT MEANS LOWER INCOME INEQUALITY AND PEOPLE AREN'T

  • STARVING THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY A TERRIBLE THING.

  • WHAT WE NEED

  • IS EXPERIMENTS, WE NEED TO RUN IT AND SEE WHAT THE EFFECT IS,

  • THAT'S WHY IT IS GOOD THAT FINLAND IS DOING IT, BUT I DO

  • THINK THAT IT IS REALLY WEIRD HOW WE THINK VERY DIFFERENTLY

  • ABOUT MONEY BEING GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE

  • IF THEY ARE POOR PEOPLE OR IF THEY ARE RICH PEOPLE.

  • IF IT'S

  • 500 EUROS BEING GIVEN TO SOMEONE WHO IS DEAD BROKE, IT'S LIKE

  • MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EFFECT IT WILL HAVE, MAYBE IT WILL MAKE

  • THEM LAZY, BUT IF IT IS MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR THE RICHEST PEOPLE

  • WHERE WE SHOWER THEM IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, JUST DO IT, SEE WHAT

  • HAPPENS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

  • NO ONE IS CONCERNED THAT THE

  • RICH MIGHT WORK FEWER HOURS IF WE GIVE THEM A TON OF MONEY IN THE

  • FORM OF TAX CUTS, WE ASSUME THAT THEY WILL KEEP WORKING.

  • BUT WHEN

  • IT IS THE POOR, THESE LAZY MOTHERFUCKERS, MAYBE THEY WILL

  • WORK AN HOUR LESS A WEEK.

  • THAT IS A WEIRD STEREOTYPE THAT A LOT

  • OF PEOPLE, EVEN PROGRESSIVES LIKE ME, MIGHT HAVE IF YOU ARE

  • NOT CONSCIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT IT. AND ALSO ONE OF THE IDEAS WE

  • MIGHT WANT TO HAVE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN IF THEY CAN FIND

  • A JOB, ARE LOCKED INTO UNSATISFYING WORK WHERE THEY ARE

  • NOT NECESSARILY PRODUCING TO THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL.

  • IF PEOPLE

  • HAVE A MINIMUM INCOME THEY CAN FALL BACK ON, WHICH BY THE WAY

  • IS NOT GOING TO BE LUXURIOUS, IT WILL BE A SHITTY WAY TO LIVE,

  • MAYBE THEY CAN AFFORD TO HOLD OUT FOR A WHILE TO GET AN

  • EDUCATION OR DO SOMETHING ARTISTIC OR START A BUSINESS

  • RATHER THAN GRINDING IT OUT IN A MINIMUM WAGE JOB SO THEY

  • CAN HAVE FOOD.

  • I THINK CULTURE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT, AND AMERICAN

  • CULTURE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS UNIQUE, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF

  • EMPHASIS ON WORKING AND MAKING MONEY REGARDLESS OF YOUR QUALITY

  • OF LIFE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU FEEL FULFILLED.

  • IT'S ALL

  • ABOUT WORK, WORK, MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU DON'T

  • THEN YOU MUST BE LAZY, IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY YOU ARE UNGRATEFUL,

  • FIRST WORLD PROBLEM -- BUT OVERALL IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US

  • TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT NOT ONLY LEADS TO A BETTER QUALITY OF

  • LIFE FOR EVERYONE, LEADS TO PEOPLE PURSUING EDUCATION AND

  • PURSUING BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEMSELVES, BUT A TYPE OF

  • CULTURE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ENJOY ELEMENTS OF LIFE THAT HAVE

  • NOTHING TO DO WITH WORK.

  • AND I THINK WE'VE MOVED SO FAR AWAY

  • FROM THAT THAT WE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF WHAT LIVING IS REALLY

  • ABOUT.

  • IT'S NOT ABOUT WORKING AND TORTURING YOURSELF JUST SO

  • YOU CAN MAKE ENOUGH TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

  • AND I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE BIG PROGRESSIVE IDEAS THAT MIGHT

  • SUCCEED OR FAIL AT LEAST BEING TRIED SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD.

  • BEING A PROGRESSIVE IS NOT JUST SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT PARTISAN

  • BULLSHIT OR THE DAY-TO-DAY FIGHT IN GOVERNMENT, WE ARE SUPPOSED

  • TO BE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BIG THAT CAN CHANGE

  • THE WAY WE LIVE AND IMPROVE, TO PROGRESS, ACTUALLY.

  • MAYBE IT HAS TO BE SCANDINAVIA BUT I'M GLAD IT'S HAPPENING.

  • I HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT SOME COUNTRY SOMEWHERE TRIES

  • SOMETHING LIKE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, SO WE CAN SEE

  • WHETHER OR NOT IT WORKS, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN ADOPT IT HERE

  • IN THE UNITED STATES.

  • PIE IN THE SKY.

  • GO GET THAT PIE.

  • JUST TRY IT SOMEWHERE.

  • IF IT HAPPENS, WE WILL REPORT ON IT.

  • SOUNDD CRAZY TO ME.

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