The Importance Of Income Inequality

Income Inequality Income Inequality has been a large problem for decades. Did you know that nearly one in seven children living in Canada lives in poverty? Poverty is said to be the biggest obstacle when it comes to health. Poor individuals are more likely to die at a younger age (Pimento & Kernested, 2015, p. 29). What exactly is income inequality? It is the unequal distribution of money in an economy. People are working long hours and are unable to make enough to support themselves and their families. The problem of not having enough money can negatively impact many aspects of an individual’s life; relationships, physical health, and most importantly psychological health. We, as a society, need to figure out a course of action to combat …show more content…
This means that they believed him to be a reliable source to be on stage to speak about this topic. He gave his talk in 2014 and the information is still relevant to this day. If it was not for the date of publication, it would be easy to assume that the information was taken from 2016. This talk is an introduction to basic income, and why it would be beneficial to implement. This information provided is good for individuals who are new to this concept and would like to learn of the basics. The language Bregman use is simple and easy to understand and is good for a high school classroom or college setting. With this said, it is not a lecture that should be used alone when debating a basic income. The speaker does provide adequate information but could have done better at providing more sources, statistics, and facts. Some of the information he used could have easily been made up to to prove his claim. Finally, he uses loaded language which makes it hard to not believe what he is saying is anything but …show more content…
For example, he uses counterarguments and reasons. He points out that there are many arguments used against implementing basic income. These arguments are that it would be too expensive, people would stop working, and that it is too big of an idea to pass. He rebuttals by saying that implementing a basic income would benefit us because it is an investment and would save money in the long run, that people have ambitions and would continue to work if not be more motivated to do so, and that Richard Nixon nearly passed it. In other words, it is an investment, people would not stop working, and that it is a realistic and possible goal (Bregman, 2014, para. 27-36). As for reasons, he explains that a basic income would help lower the cost of health care, less infants will die, that less crimes will be committed, and that we would see a drop in numbers of students leaving school early; these are all positive reasons to support a basic income (Bregman, 2014, para. 16-36). The overall quality of the evidence in his speech is good however as stated before he could have added more information about the sources he took his information from. Simply listening to him speak is persuasive however that on its own is not