an abusive relationship, the freedom to just not have to worry about money every single 2nd of every day. ah flemming, up until literally last 2 years of my life might have been like one emergency situation away from complete financial catastrophe. basically, i just had living 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 tri crowder little red, tri crowder long time, no scheme. i want to talk to you about something. it's deeply personal to me. pails, law people ask me what to think about bio lab matter. well, put simply,

i think that i do for a long time when i was a young adult, i didn't have health insurance. you know, until i, i wouldn't do i intermural sports and stuff like that. at college, i sincerely because i was like, wow, you know what about blow money 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 us adults 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 setting the saving medication. he needed, the worsening on a planet pick is simply staggering. the hand damage is also causing many to go

hungry. my bills are going to back up, but i'm going to be enjoyable here. he'll believe student loan debt in the united states has doubled 40 percent of americans. 65 and older are in default. that's always gonna be there for me. personally, i 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. it 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 all want to van cuz it seems to me is a guaranteed annual income or guaranteed minimum income for old people am for families of our country. 1969. richard nixon even proposed an actual plan to congress. let us play so for under the income of every family, with children in america. and without those demeaning souls 5 winning a bronze for human dignity that sold life alliance 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 distributed to every man, woman and child, real example for the world. i'm really alliance goes over be extremely proud of it

because it's a whole new concept of people loaning 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 some 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 and the rest of the country? tax is. 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 st. 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. me or tell me, well, 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 saladas this like quite little southern town with you know, some charm to it and the football team was good. the tailed squire was, you know, just little mama, businesses a store for us, that type of thing. and everything was fine. but at the beating heart of the town was economy was this big clothing factory where most people worked. and that's where my mom worked. that's for a lot as many people work and my neighbor caller to come out there for a long time. and then am i tiffs? my dad, he was, he was the heading engineer and my mom, she actually so ever body and saw that you talk, he's worked oshkosh, oshkosh,

that does cost that. and if you heard osh kosh, my gosh, or whatever, yeah, for decade, the center, 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 of the top place that would benefit a lot from a basic income and then also from a sensible you'd think to people there would be all for it would. but i don't know that that is true. there it is saying, the crime you say osh kosh vegas factory?

yes, my gosh, you 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 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 $345.00, people stop spinning it. you know, you've got the cafe may mon pod daddy are running the video store in the car lot. and that by the time i graduate high school, it's literally all gone. he was saying and not all, not only is that all gone but like, you know, all the stuff with mama are getting all strong. i'll be able to jail him. i my life changed tremendously for the worse. just like everybody else is around here. when that happened, well, in get affected like literally everything and pray,

learn the ripple linux and other than that. yeah. i know, you know, that was, i mean yeah. was like just the hits just kept on common with . 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 not looking for a white bring bring the job back. that's what you know 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 gonna be like, i would love to also see how they respond. if he could kick an invoice and ride and slide day, right to see what they did with gra, 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 want to main, like theoretically, a big portion of it would get, like pop, strike back into just sure the general economy. because there has been an old 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 out? a paycheck every month, even if you do not have a job, i think is 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 what we're going to do. the universal basic income when you're taxing people and redistributing well without marriage, that encourages leasing what force more buff it to work hard? what force this guy to work hard, not handling them a check. you cannot appreciate something fundamentally that you get for free.

ah, ah, magnolia mother stressed it, providing a guaranteed in time to low income african american women in their family. so the med, no. you my distress, it's doing this in the form of a $1000.00 a month for 12 months. i am so excited. it's like my 2nd shell in the matter of months. i had to give them 2018 in that no you mother's 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 there will be all tremendous break for gay is so support my kids are tell me pay

bills and hell know to straight from month to month with where mama will in of the obvious relationship are my day. it was very, very my mom so when i got from our relationship marliss, you was abusive and i was like, i would never ever put my key in jeopardy of or in a relationship. and i mean is now working for you have to break the cycle somewhere . and so therefore i be it more to jason and i broke the like does a $1000.00 a month? no strings attached? he is a hero. i will, i dare. mays. i don't know, i just won't go crazy with that one night when ma'am? a baby. so here we actually fell asleep on the couch. and oh, seamless was right here. i else heard the door dash us.

well, the 1st day they came to mamma was square. my baby, i fear for my life and i knew like at the moment i am now stay here for ever. 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 was 09 . when i was showing the wrong one, i just don't know any you have to say proud disdain. because the advocate and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground

o. in 2022, the italian government approved a package of military aid to ukraine. coordination with nature to help ukrainians defend themselves and fight back about 150000000 euros. well, make a week, almost even atomic bombs are here, even on the same naco and the u. f with you should the ones that people will die just for make money. the one that i have, i have been yes. care there while you mess you got through on it. if you go through and i she thought complete, i mean there's water damage. you thought if you need to be done to get a room for them as well. dar morsa, me my show it a tool or able offer. zachary law lesser opinion polls show that over 70 percent of italians are against military support for ukraine. i landed in confront with the day for that last or if i don't a let's yet,

levi and more on a skid out and go home and do not she then the uh the, the dad took wonderful. i was just a little boy hello today because he has been helpful. and we're not even fun theater. the who is the aggressor today? i'm authorizing additional strong sanctions. today russia is the country with the most sanctions imposed against it. a number that's constantly growing, but i think you're the future list. of course, when you're as you speak on the bill in your senior, mostly mine or what we're banding all in ports of russian oil and gas news. i know they said she was with the letter from, you know, with joe biden, imposing these sanctions on russia has destroyed the american economy. so there's

your boomerang 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? are they 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 the job because they held their freedom? ah, more honestly, in shirt omeo freedom was getting up a fire. getting all the middle one,

the jurors there were 80 jacobs of the bus stop police by 545. didn't him off the school were actually come back of the house. oldest one. she's getting ready publish wires. millennium is 6. 55. 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 the rady myself and also be in clay is a like saving 20 some light rushing. oh did you? oh, so i think 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 going to make is me. i want to be able to save it, you know, take trib, so do all the things to 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 actual are. so streams is going to help us really, really like really, really a lot i'm very cited about these. i'm not really hearing too many like loser. just tell you or you, you have to spend it on or how, how will she have this me? let me say, and i said i was on tam. if this money's for gays, you have to put this, this is for j. as in terms of asian work, he sees

a doctor. i see you early little tears. you can say food, 1000 pale, i be alike. he can't take food stamps and get your medicine. so is, is a big difference. being able to just going to everything i need to go with is gonna be exciting. 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, in the complication of these systems, but they're not near just in effect them. for example, if you're on 10 of your case worker could say, okay, 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 that job. if you do not have a job within 2 weeks, you are sanctioned, in most cases that means that you will lose your nest for 90 days. that what that means is that for 90 days you have no way of ensuring that your household, your kids have to 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 reach. 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 o family. so when i, you know, have to take the drug tests that were required in the take because they are 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 with. i think our current safety nets isn't,

is now working. and so i believe that a guaranteed income is an opportunity for us to re write a system everybody deserves to be able to take care of their child. everybody 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 that cannot take care of its elders. a society that leaves people in the cold without options cannot call is so civilized. we're trying to elevate and push towards a dignity economy and 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 and 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? yes, jo, now its impact is the opposite in our system as well and truly broken. but let's imagine for a 2nd that you are deemed worthy of receiving government support. the minute you

get a job and your income increases that support will decrease. thank about the incentives of that. i can make it so that it 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 stand once let you know we're having a town hall discussion and cook apps. laura, i'm just handing out flyers for an event. we're having tomorrow at the courthouse,

my name is almost a lucky and i'm an associate professor of practice in political science at n y u shanghai. asa, it's gonna be right across the street at the courthouse, a pan. we're going to talk about ways of bringing economic vitality to towns like selena. i think it would be great if people really understood what the basic income is. i think would 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 based income and get the voices of ordinary people rather than just academics like me, a one room with 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 payments 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 selina. does that sound good to you? that doesn't sound too good to be true. yeah. m for the modem with faith, hope in sort of go by them. okay, here's one on your wedding area 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 we paid entering me on my finger as i say, i don't,

i wouldn't be rich by any means. i don't want her then handed to me. i just want to be able to pay money for my kids. that's all i want to mail you. in last tuesday, my husband went to child support court over his oldest daughter not are 3 but his older. so this one, asia, that judge, look, i just got a job that i'll start paying, however much shortly to pay a month. that wasn't good enough. that he is being sent to 180 days or until his family could come up to 770 her laundry to me. $10.00 is a lot of money to do so with him gone. what are you using it for christmas? what he knew and no mean to link no

is still like, no harder are charged for my kids to be normal. the further they go back in one of the feminist arguments for basic income is that 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 basic 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 we're doing well. mm hm. i will not take all their money will let him 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 games 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, oh,

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ah ah, most people, i know they laid their 8 hour job and go home and relax, but 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 asking me from want to go home. oh, what's the book about this town? well, it is spanish. you have to have.