Chapter 229 Unconditional Minimum Income Act
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Because of its solid social foundation, unemployed people everywhere have responded to the uprising, fighting and making their voices heard so that they can have something to eat and that they will not end up on the streets.
Survival is the first priority, and the existential crisis can bring out the greatest potential and combat effectiveness of mankind, and the 'survival' movement has quickly formed a social trend, a wave of reform and change, but this time it has become distinctly anti-intellectual in relation to the various changes in previous history.
The 'survival' movement is clearly a conservative force that resists the progress of society, the progress of science and technology, the emancipation of the productive forces of society, and their political demands demand the abolition of scientific and technological progress.
While this anti-intellectual demand is unacceptable, its base is large enough and growing every day, and the better the robotics industry develops, the stronger the foundation of the 'survival' movement becomes. It is an embarrassing paradox that the development of the robot industry, on the contrary, has cultivated the most staunch opposition camp.
The 'survival' movement surged in the United States, and soon crossed the country, spread to the European continent, spread to the East Asian continent, and began to occupy the world's major economically developed regions.
These populations have become the soil for nurturing 'survival' movements, and one after another great walks and strikes~ have sprung up around the world.
Trade unions in various countries have grown rapidly and have quickly become a major force on the world political stage, and rapidly growing trade unions have begun to organize political parties, enter parliaments, and even try to compete for a presidential election.
What's worse is that the union's competitors, supporters of the manufacturer's union, who are sparing no effort, lose their jobs for every industrial robot off the assembly line, and there are a few more supporters of the union. Every time an automated factory is built, an entire factory worker is laid off, and hundreds or even thousands of workers join the 'survival' movement......
This is as if history was repeating itself more than a century ago, and although there was no Great Depression and no national independence movement this time, the rise of trade union power and the political ~ political movement of the unemployed workers were almost the same as the social situation at the beginning of the last century.
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"Don't reply, we want to hear your opinion."
Present at the table was a group of well-dressed old men and women, and it was a formal meeting that included leading representatives of American political and economic circles.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I think it is clear to all of you that the workers' movement we are encountering now has a very different context from that of a hundred years ago."
"A hundred years ago, the workers' movement had a clear political ~ political demand, they had an idealistic ideological guidance, and the goal was to gain political ~ power to transform society, but now this labor movement, they just can't afford to pay the mortgage, they just want a job, they just want to have a normal income."
"So, my point is, they need money, so give them money! It's time for the 'Unconditional Minimum Income Act'! ”
"But that's a lot of money!"
"That's nothing, let the U.S. government continue to issue national debt, anyway, it has enough debt, and no more. And you can also increase taxes, and income tax, there is always a way, isn't it? ”
"With such a large budget increase, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Congress to agree."
"No, no, no, gentlemen, if you agree, Congress will."
"Don't we have unemployment benefits......
"No, that's not enough, I think we should do away with unemployment benefits and replace them with an unconditional minimum income."
"As far as I know, Switzerland has proposed a similar system, and they want to implement a similar minimum wage system, as long as Swiss residents, regardless of whether they work or not, regardless of conditions, will receive a guaranteed minimum wage."
"But in a referendum, they rejected the bill, which the Swiss thought would create lazy people and be detrimental to social progress."
"Similar issues have been considered not only in Switzerland, but also in many other countries, such as Finland, Brazil, Canada and the Netherlands. The forms are different, and the groups covered are not very different, but the core is a similar guaranteed income model. ”
"It looks like the Netherlands will implement a similar bill in Utrecht in January next year."
"It seems that this idea of mine is nothing new, and it just so happens that it can solve the crisis we are facing this time, and it will not affect the interests of all of you."
"We already have enough national debt, and if we increase it any more, we could see a government shutdown once a month."
"That's Trump's problem, not ours, we just need to let the 'survival' movement calm down and let people go home in peace."
"What if we halt Carbon?"
"Oh...... That's a stupid note, is there a walk saying that you want to ban computers, and you are going to shut down Intel and Microsoft? ”
"You like to read newspapers, but I prefer to look at my phone and computer."
"If we shut down Carbon, then Japan's Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric will produce more robots to fill that gap, and then in ten years, you'll find that the world is full of Japanese robots, and you won't find an American robot anymore."
"Oh...... Gentlemen, don't make any noise. First of all, my body type, everyone to say, Kaben belongs to the standard fish in the pond this time, although Kaben's California office was burned down, but that is just its unlucky, what really caused the workers to lose their jobs is Kuka, it is ABB, Kaben is just a living robot, it does not cause much unemployment. So Carben is innocent this time, at least not so innocent. ”
"And I need to remind you that the tide of technological progress is unstoppable, it will always move forward, and it will not be transferred by personal will. We can shut down robotics companies, but we can't stop the advent of robotics. ”
"If we become an obstacle to history, then we will eventually suffer the consequences, and we will be swept away in this field."
"So, gentlemen, let Congress pass the 'Unconditional Minimum Income Act'!" (To be continued...) )