[kictanet] CUSHIONING AUTOMATION: Chicago may become one of the first U.S. cities to implement a universal basic income program

[WANGARI KABIRU]

https://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/chicago-is-considering-running-a-universal-basic-income-experiment


Chicago may become one of the first U.S. cities to implement a universal basic income program



"....Pawar said UBI is not only a way to ensure people still get paid as automation displaces their jobs, but that it’s also a safeguard against the inevitable sociopolitical strife that would follow.
“From a race and class perspective, just know that 66 percent of long-haul truck drivers are middle-aged white men,” he told The Intercept. “So if you put them out of work without any investment in new jobs or in a social support system so that they transition from their job to another job, these race and class and geographical divides are going to grow.”...."
"...“My response to Amazon, and Tesla, and Ford, and Uber … we need to start having a conversation about automation and a regulatory framework so that if jobs simply go away, what are we going to do with the workforce? … If [those companies are] reticent to pay their fair share in taxes and still want tax incentives and at the same time automate jobs, what do you think is going to happen?” Pawar told The Intercept. “These divisions are going to grow and, in many ways, we’re sitting on a powder keg.”.."


Be blessed.Regards/Wangari---
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