Freeman states ( ): ‘’By all accounts, middle-class jobs that don’t require college degree or advanced training are becoming harder to find, leaving many people who could once have held a good job in lower-paying work with less security.’’ These situations make many Americans struggling economically. About one in seven people lives below the poverty line, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (qdt. In David H. Freeman 51). As a result, following a higher education for them is almost impossible. Basic income can provide for them the income necessaire to brake this lack of impossibilities.
Furthermore, basic income will give everybody a greater opportunity to invest in their children’s education. Many parents are obligated to stay home taking care for they children because they can’t invest on early education. ‘’Right now those opportunities are more available to the rich,’’says Grusky. ‘’A basic income could allow the poor to buy those opportunities.’’ (qdt. In David H. Freedman 52). …show more content…
David H. Freedman (2016) sates: “Technological unemployment is actually happening or will happen in the immediate future.” It is true, technology is changing the required skills and tasks displacing many workers from job. Consequently, Workers wellbeing will decrease. The question is: How will workers afford their life due to this situation? One of the solutions may be basic income “The idea of a basic income is a good one in a world where robots do most of the work, but we probably won’t be there for 30 to 50 years,” says Erik Brynjolfsson, who researches the digital economy at MIT’s Sloan School of Management (qtd. In David H. Freedman 51). This means that no existing work will help us anymore to build up our
Furthermore, basic income will give everybody a greater opportunity to invest in their children’s education. Many parents are obligated to stay home taking care for they children because they can’t invest on early education. ‘’Right now those opportunities are more available to the rich,’’says Grusky. ‘’A basic income could allow the poor to buy those opportunities.’’ (qdt. In David H. Freedman 52). …show more content…
David H. Freedman (2016) sates: “Technological unemployment is actually happening or will happen in the immediate future.” It is true, technology is changing the required skills and tasks displacing many workers from job. Consequently, Workers wellbeing will decrease. The question is: How will workers afford their life due to this situation? One of the solutions may be basic income “The idea of a basic income is a good one in a world where robots do most of the work, but we probably won’t be there for 30 to 50 years,” says Erik Brynjolfsson, who researches the digital economy at MIT’s Sloan School of Management (qtd. In David H. Freedman 51). This means that no existing work will help us anymore to build up our