Just Give People Money (aka Universal Basic Income)

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🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Gaby learns what the country might look like if we weren't constantly worried about making enough money. Our trusty teachers for this episode include: Lauren Smiley, a journalist who's covered Silicon Valley's feelings toward a universal basic income. Peter Frase, editor at Jacobin magazine, who gives us a harsh truth of tech bros' UBI support. Mia Birdsong, who tells us an about her research in communities that might benefit from a UBI. And finally, this is it guys: a presidential candidate. Andrew Yang explains why his platform is focused on giving everyone money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Oh hello, Gabby done here with more news from the frontlines of our slow descent into financial
0:28.0	apocalypse. That is of course if the regular apocalypse doesn't get here first. Don't you guys just love this show?
0:38.6	Okay, so as if this show needed to be any more depressing, we're gonna start off this week by talking
0:44.3	about the 2016 election. I know I know I'm sorry, okay I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry, look I don't
0:49.7	want to do it either. It'll work look it's gonna be quick, it's gonna be painful, okay? Get ready to
0:56.6	hear Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders argue. If a democratic congress put a $15 minimum wage bill on
1:03.2	your desk would you sign it? Of course I would. I am sure a lot of people are very surprised to learn
1:09.7	that you supported raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. I have stood on the debate date with
1:20.1	Senator Sanders eight years ago. I am secretary senator please. If we can raise a secretary in New York for
1:27.8	Los Angeles, let's do it. If you're both screaming at each other, the viewers won't be able to hear
1:34.4	either of you. So please talk over each other. Okay, okay, like I said that's enough that's enough.
1:40.7	I know it was probably infuriating to listen to that for like just a whole bunch of reasons,
1:45.5	but let's leave aside the patronizing tone that Bernie Sanders takes with Hillary Clinton
1:49.5	and that Wolf Blitzer takes with both of them and instead focus on something really remarkable about
1:54.1	that exchange, which was from one of the democratic primary debates. Because it's easy to forget in
1:58.8	the midst of the current hellscape that there was a time when a lot of people not only thought the
2:03.0	eventual democratic nominee was probably going to win the election, but that whoever that nominee ended
2:07.7	up being was going to win based partly on a commitment to raising the federal minimum wage. In fact,
2:12.9	there was so much conversation about raising the minimum wage in the 2016 election cycle, even this
2:18.2	fucking clown made noise about supporting it. The minimum wage has to go up. People are at
2:24.1	least $10, but it has to go up. Despite what he said there, raising the minimum wage is just one
2:29.2	of the many campaign promises our current monster and chief has broken now that he's in office.
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