lucyconklin/GEAR UP: Universal Basic Income

## GEAR UP: Universal Basic Income
* How would you describe the "realities" of our future economy? What constraints and opportunities will we face as a nation?

Transportation jobs are going to be eliminated, as well as more manufacturing jobs, and probably customer service jobs. There is going to be more unemployment and an increasingly higher education bar (just having a college degree now does not guarantee you a good job)

* What's your reaction to hearing tech leaders like Elon Musk describe UBI as a "foregone conclusion"?

In the best case yes! That would be wonderful. I think it is going to be a tough sell though. SF is a great place to try it out because it is small, VERY liberal, and has a lot of money right now. Their health insurance program seems to be well run (although I did not have a good experience with it).

* Write a quick elevator pitch synthesizing what you've read from these articles: what is UBI, why is it entering policy debates, what do you think people should know about automation and its affect on our workforce?

Social Security For All would help level the playing field for our nation's poorest people. People who work full time jobs and still can't make ends meet, single parents, caretakers, the kinds of people who can't be asked to just "try harder". It would bring more money into their neighborhoods, and help break the cycle of poverty.

* Do you think it's worthwhile to be educated about automation, its affect on our workforce, and policy solutions like UBI? What does it look like to be a responsible citizen in the face of such a large, inevitable transformation? Do you think you can really have an impact -- if not, why put energy into being informed?

It definitely says something about this community that this question is worded in this way... "large, inevitable transformation" is very presumptive and I doubt many people agree with that.
	* How would you describe the "realities" of our future economy? What constraints and opportunities will we face as a nation?

	Transportation jobs are going to be eliminated, as well as more manufacturing jobs, and probably customer service jobs. There is going to be more unemployment and an increasingly higher education bar (just having a college degree now does not guarantee you a good job)

	* What's your reaction to hearing tech leaders like Elon Musk describe UBI as a "foregone conclusion"?

	In the best case yes! That would be wonderful. I think it is going to be a tough sell though. SF is a great place to try it out because it is small, VERY liberal, and has a lot of money right now. Their health insurance program seems to be well run (although I did not have a good experience with it).

	* Write a quick elevator pitch synthesizing what you've read from these articles: what is UBI, why is it entering policy debates, what do you think people should know about automation and its affect on our workforce?

	Social Security For All would help level the playing field for our nation's poorest people. People who work full time jobs and still can't make ends meet, single parents, caretakers, the kinds of people who can't be asked to just "try harder". It would bring more money into their neighborhoods, and help break the cycle of poverty.

	* Do you think it's worthwhile to be educated about automation, its affect on our workforce, and policy solutions like UBI? What does it look like to be a responsible citizen in the face of such a large, inevitable transformation? Do you think you can really have an impact -- if not, why put energy into being informed?

	It definitely says something about this community that this question is worded in this way... "large, inevitable transformation" is very presumptive and I doubt many people agree with that.