Steve Shafarman, Basic Income, GM
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2015
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Ralph interviews Steven Shafarman, program director of an organization called Basic Income Action, who explains how we can solve a lot of our nation's problems by guaranteeing about $1,000 a month to every citizen for food and shelter. Ralph also critiques the recent bankruptcy decision that shields General Motors from lawsuits stemming from deaths due to faulty ignition switches. Plus more of your Facebook questions.
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| 0:00.0 | From the K-P-F-K Studios in Southern California, |
| 0:03.6 | it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. |
| 0:06.0 | Stand up, stand up. |
| 0:08.1 | You've been sitting way too long. Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan coming to you once again |
| 0:20.1 | from Mumbai India if that means anything to, it does to me because I'm here. |
| 0:25.8 | My co-host is David Feldman, New York City, and Man of the Hour, back in our nation's capital, |
| 0:30.8 | Washington, D.C. is Ralph Nader. We have an excellent show for you today. |
| 0:35.7 | Having passed tax date, we're going to talk about Ralph's column on the IRS. |
| 0:39.4 | And also his recent post about bankruptcy law shielding GM from liability and ignition. |
| 0:43.8 | Switch cases, plus your Facebook questions, but first David, tell us about our |
| 0:49.0 | guest today. |
| 0:50.4 | Our guest today is Steve Schafferman. |
| 0:52.0 | He is program director of Basic Income Action, a new nonprofit organization working to promote social, political and economic justice by ensuring that every citizen has an income for food and shelter at least. |
| 1:07.0 | Stephen has been writing about guaranteed income since the mid 1980s. |
| 1:11.0 | He's a life member of the Basic Income Earth Network and he's |
| 1:16.0 | presented papers at their meetings in Geneva back in 2002, Dublin in 2008, and in Montreal last year. |
| 1:25.0 | He is currently completing a book entitled |
| 1:28.0 | on Pursuing Happiness Basic Income. |
| 1:31.0 | Welcome to the show Steve Schafferman. |
| 1:33.0 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:34.0 | It's a pleasure to be here. |
| 1:35.6 | Thank you very much for being on the show, Steve. |
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