pay them, and they will come...
Posted on 09/20/2017 3:46:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hawaii state representative Chris Lee has introduced a bill to guarantee economic security for the state's residents.
Amidst fears of technology leading to job automation, Lee's Universal Basic Income (UBI) measure would ensure that that all residents of Hawaii are able to receive a steady income, regardless of their employment status. Prominent billionaire businessmen including Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk have expressed their support for the bill.
"In the modern world, everybody should have the opportunity to work and to thrive. Most countries can afford to make sure that everybody has their basic needs covered," Virgin Group founder Branson wrote in a recent blog post. "One idea that could help make this a reality is a universal basic income. This concept should be further explored to see how it can work practically."
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Lee's bill, which was introduced earlier this year, calls for every family in the state to be ensured basic financial security. Many of Hawaii's key job sectors including transportation, food, tourism, retail, and medical industries will likely move to automation in the coming months and years. A recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed that nine percent of jobs in America (about 13 million) could become automated.
"Hawaii’s heavy reliance on a service-based economy makes it more susceptible to economic disruption and job loss than any other states, and work must begin now to address the rapid automation, innovation, and globalization that already is beginning to displace significant amounts of local jobs, resulting in worsening income equality," the bill reads.
If the measure passes, it will allow part-time workers and individuals seeking job retraining to maintain a basic standard of living.
State officials are currently analyzing the effects of automation and discussing whether it's best to introduce a partial or full universal basic income.
According to lawmakers, introducing UBI in Hawaii will likely be a long process.
"Basic income is such a broad subject, it could encompass hundreds of different kinds of mechanisms to help families," Lee told CBS. "You don’t have to enact the entire thing in one massive program; you can take bits and pieces that make sense."
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Yiipppee! I’m moving to Hawaii.Where do I sign up for my guaranteed checks?
So Thomas Magnum does not have to freeload off of TC or Higgins or Robin Masters?
I have a feeling we will be seeing a lot more of this, esp. in the blue states.
> Prominent billionaire businessmen including Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk have expressed their support for the bill.
I’m all for them personally giving guaranteed basic income to as many people as they want. They can set up a foundation and allow other people to donate and provide a framework for determining what the levels should be and who qualifies.
IF (BIG IF) their foundation ends up making society better where they apply it, we can talk about forcing everyone who makes money (taxpayers) to pay into a similar system (or maybe give their foundation tax money since it’ll no doubt be much more efficient.)
If they’re all excited about “guaranteed basic income” I’m sure they’ll be happy to use their own money to prove that it works.
Send them 800,000 “dreamer”s.
Since you have to virtually step over the homeless in Honolulu this could be VERY interesting—— they will have more money to party the day away.
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But I love the weather in Hawaii.
Sad part is, Hawaii can probably pull off a version of this for a while due to it’s large tourism industry. But like all Socialistic states , it will collapse under it’s own taxes trying to sustain it.
While you’re there, sign me up, too.
Yeah, really--why should you have to show up in person?
Every state should give a free one way plane ticket to the homeless. Have a care package waiting for them. Throw in info brochures on where to get free food. There’s already plenty of free fruit growing wild.
Everything redistributionists wish to redistribute is produced by capitalism.
That will become painfully obvious once everybody is collecting a government check.
This will become a disaster, and it will demand money from the rest of the USA. HI should have never become a state.
pay them, and they will come...
If 0bama had been President in 1941, Hawaii would be a part of the Japanese empire now.
Newsflash to all:
Those few dollars you stashed away over the years in the form of IRAs, TSAs, 403Bs and 401ks will be confiscated to pay for this UnAmerican Commie nonsense.
On a positive note: Puerto Rican residents now have a place to go... If the Cubans, Mexicans and Haitians don’t tip over the Islands first!
Ha!! Everybody I know who has been to HI loves it. I’ve never been there.
I’ve been once. Greatest vacation I ever had. I love botanical gardens and all of that tropical paradise stuff. I went to Kauai. It’s also called the Garden Island. Less touristy than some of the islands. Absolutely postcard beautiful in spots. Weather perfect. You’ll recognize many places in movies there. Snorkeled clear water. I never had a bad meal or run into any bad characters (but they are there like anywhere else) but they (Hawaiians) will steal everything but a red hot stove given the opportunity. I’d go back in a heartbeat but it is costly.
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