Industrial revolution and onwards we’ve developed rapidly and we do not seem to be slowing down. Inventions like the steam engine helped decrease the time and labor that was involved in creating the things that people needed everyday. We have increased the number of factories that we have and the workers needed to run them but now we’re closing factories and laying off workers. We now have overseas factories which are cheaper to run and maintain. We have lost many jobs overseas to people who will do it at a cheaper cost and now many things have become automated. According to the Bureau of Labor, the unemployment rate is 4.5% and we’re going to keep losing jobs to automation. Soon enough there will be many jobs which will not need people to …show more content…
There is a lot of work being done by various people in which they receive no pay. An example is housework, stay at home parents will be recognized for their big responsibility and what they do. There is volunteering, looking after family, research, art, and music. Many of these are done without pay until the final project is completed but this would help ease their debts and actually be able to produce their work. Secondly the vast majority of people are also not satisfied with just food and a roof over their head either and that’s all the basic income will provide for, so they will want to work for extra income which will provide them with the luxuries they want in their life.With more free time and less stress, a lot more people would graduate, so humanity could progress faster. If someone wanted more money to pay his car or big house, he would work more for a higher check and he would be able to get what he wants. Economy wouldn't be destroyed because people would have money to buy things.With basic income, also, there would be less crime because people would not find themselves in a situation where they have no