Technically, it would buy you a big mac every day of the month most places, with $13 left over for a 30 day month. But I agree, $1k per person UBI. Heck, I'll even settle for $1k per adult 18 and over, and $500 per child. Let's do it.
Most studies have found this to not be the case. Alaska is probably the longest running UBI, and it is extremely popular among all political affiliations and is believed to have very little impact on how much people work.
It is easier to face the demons of others than a demon of your own. The Holocaust wasn't our demon. It doesn't really cost anyone in the US political capitol to explore the depravity of the Nazis. If we want to do the same for the confederacy (or any of the other dark corners of our history)...
They do this only because their perspective so rarely aligns with that of the experts. Just watch for any rare occasion where it does align with an expert consensus, and suddenly they are completely in favor of listening to what the experts have to say. They have zero worries about consistency...
While you may be doing fine, society is suffering greatly due to a surplus of people with no feelings or empathy. It makes for a pretty shitty place to live when people don't care about one another. In other words, we're not sorry for you, we're sorry for society.
That was brutal. Jon Stewart wants to base policy on expert perspectives, the AG only wants to do so if those perspectives align with her own, otherwise lets go cherry pick for some fringe group that will say what we want.
Virginia Rep Gerry Connolly had a great take on this.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9qsuy4oXbAU
The path Iran went down 40 years ago is the same path the US will take if we embrace Christian fundamentalism.
I think a good way to look at the effect of automation on jobs is to look at the types of jobs people have had over time. As more and more jobs get automated, we have people move from jobs providing for necessities to jobs providing luxuries and recreation (and in some cases nuisance). The...
Any growth at all in perpetuity is unchecked growth. At some point, the world will need declining populations. And from a sustainability perspective I'd say we passed that point awhile ago.
I watched the video, and I agree the topic is very interesting, but I don't think population challenges compare in any way to the dangers of things like climate change to modern society. A population decline leads to challenges in wealth distribution in a consumption based economy. A...
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