<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><a href="https://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/chicago-is-considering-running-a-universal-basic-income-experiment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/chicago-is-considering-running-a-universal-basic-income-experiment</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><span><h1 style="margin: 18px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; font-family: "Gotham Narrow SSm A", "Gotham Narrow SSm B"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Chicago may become one of the first U.S. cities to implement a universal basic income program</h1></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Merriweather, serif; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">"....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.</div><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Merriweather, serif; line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(38, 50, 56); background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">“From a race and class perspective, just know that <a href="http://www.truckingsos.com/american-truck-drivers/" style="color: rgb(216, 88, 25); line-height: inherit;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">66 percent</a> of long-haul truck drivers are middle-aged white men,” he told <em style="line-height: inherit;"><a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/07/16/chicago-universal-basic-income-ubi/" style="color: rgb(216, 88, 25); line-height: inherit;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Intercept.</a></em> “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.”...."</p></span>"...<span><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">“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] </span><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/about-face-seattle-city-council-repeals-head-tax-amid-pressure-from-big-businesses/" style="color: rgb(216, 88, 25); line-height: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>reticent to pay their fair share</span></a><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"> in taxes and still want tax incentives and at the same time automate jobs, what do you think is going to happen?” Pawar told <em style="line-height: inherit;"><a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/07/16/chicago-universal-basic-income-ubi/" style="color: rgb(216, 88, 25); line-height: inherit;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Intercept.</a></em> “These divisions are going to grow and, in many ways, we’re sitting on a powder keg.”.."</span></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Be blessed.</div><div>Regards/Wangari</div><div class="ydp85cded8csignature">---<br><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".<br></span></font><br></div></div></div></body></html>