an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. sh. there's 2 things we love in this country. it's cache and freedom. but he, but it's ever been poor here can tell you that in america, if you ain't got no cash, you ain't got no freedom. shackle jacket to a job and explore what you shackled to get interest right to sab, she dry shackled to medical bills for ailment, so old they could have their own student loans, their default, they know it's an oppressive and disheartening state of, of fires that lays people doing whatever they can just describe back because they don't have any other choice and that's not freedom, but

a universal basic income can give you freedom, lots of freedom, freedom to go back to school, to learn new skills, freedom to take care of an aging parents. the freedom to start a small business to freedom, to leave an abusive relationship, the freedom to just not have to worry about money every single 2nd of every day. ah, why mean up until literally last 2 years of my life might have been like one emergency situation away from complete financial catastrophe. basically, i just, i live in paycheck to paycheck, not having any extra money for any thing at all. and you know, things happen. my name is tre crowder. i got attention on the internet for these videos i made, featuring a character called the liberal read,

dry crowder little red, tri, crowded long time, no scheme. i want to talk to you about something. it's deeply personal to me. pale, sloppy. well, that's been what i like about black lives matter. well, put simply, i think that they do for a long time when i was a young adult, i didn't have health insurance, you know. and so i, i wouldn't do like intramural sports and stuff like that to college. i sincerely because i was like, wow, you know, when i blow my knee out or something, i'm screwed and those just those types of things just knowing that you're on the precipice. so flag ruin all the time. yeah, it's extremely stressful and i know for a fact just statistically that a lot of people in this country are live in that day to day. you know all the time, only 41 percent of usaa does have enough savings to cover a $1000.00 emergency. we have record numbers of americans who are on the verge of having their cars repossess more than a 137000000 americans are facing financial hardship because of medical debt. my son

couldn't afford the life sitting the saving medication. he needed, the worsening on a planet picture is simply staggering. the pandemic is also causing many to go hungry. my bills are going to back up and i'm going to be enjoyable here. hellboy student loan debt in the united states has doubled 40 percent of americans, $65.00 and older are in default, and it's always gonna be there for me. personally, i'd heard about the idea of a universal basic income and was pretty immediately of the opinion. well, there you go, that's at least a solution because we're gonna have to do something. the idea is this. every citizen in this country would receive a $1000.00 a month every month, no strings attached that might seem far fetched to you, but it could be a potential improvement over some of our existing welfare programs that i grew up in only wrong. i'm grateful for him, but i kind of look back on those programs and food stamps and all that the same way

that i look back on the final season, a game of thrones. i'm still glad that it exists, but it could have and should have been. so much better way deserved better. you be, i is actually not a new idea. and in america you can trace it back to one of our founding fathers, thomas pain. you know, the guy who 1st convince people that american independence might be a good idea. he's not the only one. martin luther king junior was for you. we are one of vans is it seems to me is a guaranteed annual income, a guaranteed minimum income for all people and for all families of our country. 1969. richard nixon even proposed an actual plan to congress, let us place of war under the income of every family, with children in america. and without those demeaning souls, 5000000 prompts for human bigness, either so bite the lives of well for welfare children. the day one state in america actually already has a form of basic income alaska. each year they take

a portion of the states oil revenue and distribute it to every man, woman and child, trivial example for the world emulate. the alliance comes out to be extremely proud of it because it's a whole new concept of people owning the resources and government having to take their money back from the people instead of government getting the money. and partially moved out. and socialistic program is exactly the opposite of what people term, the dividend to be socialistic. it's capitalistic to like screen. okay, so they've got oil up in alaska, but how do we pay for basic income in the rest of the country? taxes? yeah, i said it the dreaded t word, but yes, actually it's time to incorporate welfare get big tech to pay its fire, share and use tax mechanisms to create the strongest safety net the world has ever seen. and all these rich people can rest easy knowing the extra money they give back isn't going to some big sold us government bureaucracy. it's going directly to

the people social justice. get with it. mm hm. well tell me why i'm from a small town, especially in the south, it can end up in this like sort of a small town contest thing where it's like now my home town smaller than yours. and i feel like that's an argument that i typically win because it's really, really small. i remember salinas this like quaint little southern town with you know, some charm to it. and the football team was good tailed squire was, you know, just little mom and pop businesses, a store for us, that type of thing. now and everything was fine. but at the beating heart of the towns economy was this big clothing factory where most people worked. and that's for my mom worked that's for as long as ever community people work and

my neighbor collar to come out there for a long time. and then my tips. my dad, he was, he was the head engineer and my mom, she actually so ever body and saw that you talk to these work oshkosh, oshkosh that and das gosh that. and if you heard oshkosh, my gosh, or whatever. yeah, for decades the center of the towns economy was large, cloud and factory in, in the mid ninety's after now have to it made like a stoner at midnight and went south of the border. and we never recovered. there's been no real industry that's come in there in the 20 plus years since and as far as i'm aware, there's not anything major in that regard on the horizon. so selina, in my opinion is like a textbook example at the top place that would benefit a lot from a basic income. and that also essentially you thank the people that would be all for it would,

but i don't know that that is true. there it is. saying the crime is there osh? gosh, my gosh, factory. yes, my gosh. he did. how long do you know how long it was here? the fact he was here and when he clothes, people had worked there, 40 years, go ahead after here. i was in business up the street and there was a little wind blowing through town that may be a factory was going to be close. and i mean people stopped coming in to the restaurant and spend in 4 bucks on, you know, a sub or something like that. if it was 3 for $5.00, people stop spinning it. you know, you've got the cafe may mon pod daddy are running the video store in the car. lot in that, by the time i graduate high school, that's literally all gone. it was sad and not all, not only is that all gone but like a, you know, all the stuff with mama,

her getting all strung out yonah jail, him. i, my wife changed tremendously for the worse just like everybody else is around here . when that happened. well, in my get affected, like literally everything and pray, learn the ripple linux other than that. yeah, i know, you know, that was, i mean, how much the, the hits just kept on come and ah, i'm saying, i think there will be a lot of people that will say, i wanna, i mean, i don't know hannah. yeah, i'm looking for. and i just want to work bringing, bringing a job like that's what you need to do politicians, but like, i mean, can you easily envision a lot of people responding to it that way? oh yeah, i can see that. right. well, i think that's going to be a major that i would love to also see how they respond. if he could kick them in once had he slide day, right to see what they did with. presumably they basta,

or you know, finally get like the fan belt fixed on their car or whatever that i've been put in for forever. but i'm saying they're going to go to some mechanic around here to do that. you wanna main, like theoretically a big portion of it would get like palm strike back into just sure the general economy because there has been in all things that they need, that they haven't been buying in a long time because i had no money to do the idea of giving unconditional cash might not sit well with everybody. i know that's a shocker. how does this sound a paycheck every month? even if you do not have a job? i think it's a continuation towards the road of socialism in america. well, there should be a 2nd chance, not a way of life. we're going to take from you over here to give to you over here, because that's where we're going to do the universal basic income when you're taxing people and redistributing wealth without marriage, that encourages lazy. what forced warren buffett to work hard with forced this guy to work hard, not handling them a check. you cannot appreciate something fundamentally that you get for free.

in in you. my distress is providing a guaranteed income to low income african american women and their families are the medical you. my distress is doing this in the form of a $1000.00 a month for 12 months. i am so excited if like my 2nd shell in a matter of months, i had to get the 2018 in magnolia mothers trust is one of them. it is taking a population that worked so hard to be seen on a daily basis. and really saying we see, we honor your stories, we believe in you and we trust that you know what it is that you need for your family now. you mm hm.

there will be all, tremendous, great for gay is to support my key. it's ah, tell me pay bills and hell know if to straight from month to month with where my mom will in of, of his relationship. my day it was very, very for my mom. so when i got to my relationship marliss, you was abusive and i was like, i would never ever put my key in jeopardy. oh. or in a relationship that i mean is not working for you have to break the cycle somewhere . and so therefore, i need more to jackson and i broke the bike dis, a $1000.00 a month, no strings attached. if you use a hero, i will like them means i don't know. i just won't go crazy. with that one night when mamma bases were here,

we actually fell asleep on the couch. and oh, seemed less was right here. i else heard the door. josh, yes. i to 1st thing they came to my mom was square my baby as he for my life and i knew i at the moment, i'm now stay here forever. i will get back in school pay off some days and continue to raise my credit score so that i can get the home that i want for me and my load with

oh, in 2022. the italian government approved a package of military aid to ukraine coordination with nato to help ukrainians defend themselves and fight back about 150000000 euros. well, i make a week even i told me bombs are hearing all the same nato and the u. f. with i'm the one that people will die just for make money. the one that had been yes there while you must who got thrown every few gone through my she thought complete. i mean there's water damage with me. you only get on to get. i will put them in those will door more saw me by short by 2 or able hopa exec leila lesser opinion polls show that over 70 percent of italians are against military support for ukraine, but landed in confront with the day for laughter. e flat adult,

a level yet moving uniformly. got it more on a skid out and go home and do not. she then the the, the daily dazzling the will i, lucille my last lot a lot you, they've been a food he's and we're not returning fun. theda, the layout, all of the individuals that we work with living communities where they receive housing vouchers, we really are trying to figure out the impact and benefits when cash um is infused into these situations where individuals are highly subsidized. but then also we're trying to get a better understanding of how the women themselves are able to show up. are they less stress had a more engaged in their local community? are there more engaged in our kids school? are they more engaged in their own self care? are they able to now look towards career and not just a job because they held their freedom? ah, the morning,

sleepy in shirt omeo, pretty much getting up a fire. getting all the middle one, the jurors there were 80, take him to the bus. stop police by 545, getting them off the school were actually come back of the house. oh, this one she's getting ready? roblis were right. no later is 655 actually having to rush back home, get the baby ready to take your so my mom's house is entering the. busy terrible tooth when you get back cold and come along sir, come, let me see, let me see, can i see d rady myself and also be in clay as a like saving 20, some like rushing. oh oh. so i think of the lack of sleep is marian challenge and

i won't so least get to a point in my life where i'm actually working a good paying job. i wanna job this is just gonna make is me. i want to be able to save it, you know, take true, observe, do all the things too. so in a reason that i am a fan of guaranteed income because it is this idea that everybody is deserve it just by virtue of your being here, you deserve a life where you and your family can bribe you deserve a life where you can actually dream you deserve a life where you can actually so strings is going to help us really, really like really, really a lot on very side about these are not really having too many like rules or just tell you or you, you have to spend it on or how how many she have this me?

let me say to nurse and i was on tam, if these monies for gays, you have to put this, this is for j as in terms of asian. well, he see the doctor. i see you earlier, a little tears. you can say food 1000 pale, i be a like, he can't take food stamps and get your medicine. so it is a big difference. being able to just going to everything i need to go with is gonna be exciting. i think most of america believes that our systems work that we have welfare and we have these safety nets and they actually are doing what they're supposed to be doing. and that's not true. that's actually a myth. most folks don't quite understand how complicated these various systems are in the complication of the system, but they're not while you're just ineffective. for example, if you're on pana,

your case worker could say ok, you have 2 weeks to get a job, but no supported provided and getting that job. no child care is provided when you're looking for the job. if you do not have a job within 2 weeks, you are sanctioned, in most cases that means that you will lose your net for 90 days. what that means is that for 90 days you have no way of ensuring insured household. your kids have take a moment less the thinking and that's also why a lot of individuals choose not to fool with tana, because who can run the risk of not being able to feed their kids. oh, okay. and instead of recognizing that is the policies that are wrong were blaming the families, were saying, oh family, someone at o r r o family, someone or you know, have to take the drug test that were required in the tape because they're on drugs

. now is none of that, if you went out and had conversations, you could actually really get to what the problems are with these policies that are being implemented. i think our current se thing assistant is now working in. so i believe that a guaranteed income is an opportunity for us to rewrite a system everybody deserves to be able to take care of their child. every body deserves to be able to have safe and adequate housing. everyone deserves to be able to so depend on a meal, a society that cannot take care of its children, society. they cannot take care of its elders. a society that leaves people in the cold without options, cannot call herself civilized we're trying to elevate and pushed towards a dignity economy, an economy which focuses on the inherent dignity of every person and show that that actually operates in the best interest of all citizens. we have to equip mothers to

be able to care for their children. and the more we're able to do that, the more whole society we're raising, the more whole circumstances in conditions where lifting up so that we can make certain that we create these dignity economies. we should say, ah, in america, we do have a welfare system in place to help people who are struggling financially, but it's a conditional system. you have to prove to the government that you truly need help . and if that doesn't immediately sound unfair to you, consider that different people's different financial woes can be very wide ranging hard to quantify, typically time sensitive and overall, just generally speaking, pretty damn complicated to sort out. luckily for them, every american knows that our government ex sales at resolving complex and nuanced issues and an efficient and judicious manner, right?

as job. now it's in fact is the opposite in our system as well and truly broken. but let's imagine for a 2nd, the you are deemed worthy of receiving government support. the minute you get a job and your income increases, that support will decrease, sank about the incentives of that i can make it so that doesn't make financial sense to take a job if it's a low paying job. if you are a single parent, you need child care for when you're working. you can be successful in your job. search and end up worse off than you were before when you were on government assistance alone. that's called a poverty trap. be universal, basic income, on the other hand, is an unconditional system. you don't have to prove that you deserve anything. you don't have to constantly jump through bureaucratic hopes. you don't have to choose between working a job and actually being able to afford your bills. because under u. b i, every one will always be better off with a job you be. i can be an economic floor on which we all can stay at

one to let you know we're having a town hall discussion and cook counselor. i'm just handing out flyers for event. we're having tomorrow at the courthouse. my name is alma lucky and i'm an associate professor of practice and political science at n y u shanghai. asa, it's going to be right across the street at the courthouse, a pan. we're going to talk about ways of bringing economic vitality to towns likes lawana. i think it was great if people really understood what the basic income is. i think it be great if this was something that they started to talk to candidates about as well. so that we can bring broader attention to the idea of income and get the voices of ordinary people rather than just academics like me. another one, you know, the simplest away like explain a basic income is that it's like social security for the rest of us. a basic income

would be a monthly payment that would go to everyone. i think if we get these details right, basic income can eliminate poverty. can increase economic security for working folks and can give a boost to local economies like the economy of selena. does it sound good to you? that doesn't sound too good to be true. yeah. mm mm. for waiting or faith. hope in are sort of go by. exactly one of them. okay, here's one on your wedding, you re to put money on your electric. and then you know,

you're wondering how you're going to get that back and i have no clue that back, but would rather my bills be paid and ring me on my finger. as i say it, i don't, i wouldn't be rich by any means. i don't, one of them handed him. i just want to be able to pay my bill for my kids. that's all i want to be on. last tuesday, my husband went charged for court over his oldest daughter, not our 3, but his oldest oldest one, asia that judge. look, i just got a job. i'll start paying. however, which way to pay that wasn't good enough that he reinstated the $180.00 days or until his family could come up with $7700.00 and a lot of money to me. $10.00 is a lot of money to do. so with him gone, what do you use for christmas? what he knew?

no, no is still like no harder are charged for my kids to be normal. for further they go back in one of the feminist arguments for basic income is that on for a very long time, care work as being devalued. we've devalued care work as a society. and if we think about what really matters to include society to a society where people liable to flourish, then of course, realize that care should be put much more on the center of our conception of a good to say be the kingdom by being unconditional. enables people to make the choice to spend more time caring for others.

why will we tax the wealthy for basic income? is because we hate the wealthy or we, we resent them for their success. no, it's because they're the ones we're benefiting from the economy. as it is right now, they're the ones who are doing well. ah, i will not take all their money. well, let them keep, and after that, they are incentivized to keep doing the work that they do. we want to reward entrepreneurs. we want to reward people who take business risks. we want to reward people who create jobs for other americans. but we take some of their, some of the gains that they're making and we share it with everybody. and that not only has the effect of reducing economic insecurity and eliminating poverty, it also has the effect of putting resources in the hands of the people who know

best what to do for their own communities. ah, ah, at the recent g, 20 meeting and bali, the wasted all it could with the help of corporate media to isolate russia all their efforts came to nothing. in fact, the opposite happened. russia was a welcome participant, nato's proxy war in ukraine. does united much of the global south it's nature against the world. oh yeah, just some of those just already last ray with in a while we have which are ours would make you know, i'm not know, let you to really care about me. if you care about the play. i wish somebody could just tell me why they're all hatred, lynching,

beating poverty. why supremacy is just the disgusting campbell. the people in mississippi voted on a wire and 65 percent of the people voted to keep the car and fly. our purpose is to, to play in the good name and the confederates held because of these monuments that you see everywhere are not, can they not monuments to the confederate government. there monuments to the soldiers that are, you know, if we're going to be offended by everything, every negative part of our history, we have to get rid of everything. wow. mm hm. mm hm. most people,

i know they laid their 8 hour job and go home and relax that i have about 3 or 4 more hours to go. so i just keep them close. change my clothes, 1st job, go to the 2nd and it just keeps hastening from want to go home. oh, what's the book about this town? well it is spanish. you have to have it to my own box. it was, it was hamish ah, yeah, i'm, i have listen to some of that one with you. ah, you see didn't have to maybe work is hard to get by. you could maybe spend more time with your loved ones. why you still have him margaret. this is my grandpa sister, she.