Name: 政府からタダで金を貰うべきか？ (Should We Get Free Money From The Government?)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T07:59:10.000Z
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It seems like a pretty simple concept, right?

A government gives every one of its citizens

no matter you who are, the size of your salary,

just enough money to afford the basics like food,

the electricity bill, maybe even rent on a cheap apartment.

In theory this guarantees that no one falls

But would a universal basic income actually work?

or would it be so expensive and complicated

The universal basic income is getting a lot of attention

worry that robots might be taking our jobs.

for human civilization, and I don't think

- Artificial intelligence could fundamentally reshape

the nature of work by making millions of jobs obsolete.

For example, almost three million truck drivers in the U.S.

could lose their jobs to self-driving cars

This isn't the first time that there's been a major shift

Think back to the end of the 18th century.

We're all farmin', having a good time when BAM!

A universal basic income could help soften the blow

for a lot of those people losing their jobs to the robots.

Now the amount of money you get would be, well, basic.

In the U.S. it would be something like $1,000 a month,

which puts you right at the federal poverty level,

meaning it's the bare minimum the government thinks you need

Now here in the Bay Area that gets me like half a closet

A universal basic income is also, you guessed it,

universal, meaning every U.S. citizen would get the money.

although he would owe way more money in taxes

to the government that what he got from the government.

But most importantly, people could use the money

Wanna blow it all on Cheetos and Red Bull?

I wouldn't recommend it personally, but you know,

But actually making a universal basic income happen

How much money should each person get and for how long?

And would it actually help to keep people out of poverty?

OK, so let's dive right into the main arguments

where liberals are for it and conservatives are against it,

Some liberals think that it's one of the best ways

to fight what's been a losing battle: financial inequality.

The world's richest 1% owns half of the world's wealth,

and by 2030 it's estimated to increase to 2/3.

Now as the poor get poorer, and artificial intelligence

takes more jobs, a universal basic income

might provide enough cash so they don't have to choose

the extra money might allow them to pay for more education,

that the U.S. already has a welfare system

Programs like Food Stamps, federal housing assistance,

However, all of these programs require people

to be basically broke in order to qualify.

If you start making too much money, you can be kicked off.

With the universal basic income that money is yours

You won't be penalized for making too much.

Some conservatives like the idea of a universal basic income

or significantly reduce the current welfare system,

That's almost 20% of the entire federal budget. Wow.

A universal basic income would make government smaller

and it would put the choice of how to spend the money