English Subtitles for Why Basic Income?

"They’re just lazy." "They should just get a job." The subtext is: poor people deserve to be poor. If they just tried harder or made better decisions, they’d make it. But 4.9 million Canadians live in poverty. Is it really what they deserve?

The job market is like a game of musical chairs. And since we depend on employment to stay out of poverty, it’s like playing over hot coals. Traditional 40-hour week, full-time jobs, are becoming scarce. Meanwhile, automation is removing chairs from the game. Cars can now drive themselves.

But it’s not just taxi and […]

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