Americans are working harder and making less. We need a new social safety net

Americans are working harder and making less. We need a new social safety net

Workers need a Universal Basic Income — and an angry middle-class just might deliver it

Thousands of auto workers for the three-largest U.S. carmakers walked off the job last week because their pay has only increased fractionally in the wake of the auto companies’ soaring profits. Meanwhile, the advent of streaming content — coupled with AI and its impact on the creative class — has spurred Hollywood writers and actors to remain on strike for months now. This is on top of the recent narrowly averted railroad and UPS strikes, which would have paralyzed crucial sectors of the U.S. economy.

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