>>> TURN UP THE VOLUME FOR THIS. THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC FIELD IS
EXPANDING.
EXPANDING. 8 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES HAVE
ANNOUNCED THEIR BID FOR
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL
CHANGE, CHANGE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL.
WE HEAR THAT.
NOW YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IT.
MY NEXT GUEST, THE MAYOR OF
STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA HOPES HE’S
LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
IN THE CITY OF STOKTING
HOMICIDES DROPPED BY 40% FROM
2017.
2017. THE CITY SAW A 31% DECREASE IN
NONFATAL SHOOTINGS PLUS STOCKTON
IS TESTING UNIVERSAL BASIC
INCOME.
INCOME. HZ
HZ IT IS READYING PLANS TO DELIVER
IN TWO WEEKS $500 A MONTH IN
DONATED CASH TO PERHAPS 100
LOCAL FAMILIES.
LOCAL FAMILIES. NO STRINGS ATTACHED.
THE MAYOR OF STOCKTON IS WITH
ME.
ME. NOW, MAYOR MICHAEL, YOU ARE 28
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. STOCKTON IS YOUR HOMETOWN.
YOU’RE A STANFORD GRAD.
YOUR FAMILY THOUGHT THIS MAN IS
MOVING ONTO WORK FOR THE LIKES
OF GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, AMAZON.
YOU SAID NOPE, I WANT TO GIVE
BACK TO MY CITY.
YOU RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
NOW YOU’RE THE MAYOR.
WALK US THROUGH THE SUCCESS.
>> IT’S BEEN A TEAM EFFORT.
TO YOUR POINT, WHEN I WAS AN
INTERN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, MY
COUSIN WAS A VICTIM OF HOMICIDE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE
SHOOTINGS, IT’S PERSONAL.
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THE
COMMUNITY HAS RALLIED TOGETHER
FROM THE POLICE CHIEF TO
PROGRAMS LIKE ADVANCED PEACE TO
LOOK AT NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THE
PROBLEMS OF STOCKTON BUT
SOLUTIONS.
SOLUTIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE GUN VIOLENCE
WORK, WE’RE PREPARING TO GIVE
EVERY GRADUATING SENIOR FROM
YOUR LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT A
SCHOLARSHIP GUARANTEED TO A
FOUR-YEAR OR TWO YEARS TO A
TWO-YEAR SCHOOL.
TWO-YEAR SCHOOL. WE’RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
ISSUES WE’VE FACED BUT WE’RE
BEGINNING TO SOLVE THEM.
>> WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THE
MONEY TO DO THIS?
YOU WORK WITH BUSINESS.
>> I’VE BEEN BUSY ESTABLISHING
WINNING RELATIONSHIPS.
WINNING RELATIONSHIPS. TELLING PEOPLE CHARITY ISN’T
JUSTICE, BUT YOU CAN USE IT IN
WAYS THAT GET TO TESTING BOLD
IDEAS LIKE BASIC INCOME OR GET
TO MAKING HIGHER EDUCATION
ASPIRATIONS MORE REALISTIC FOR
OUR CHILDREN.
OUR CHILDREN. >> IS THAT YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL?
YOU’RE PUTTING UNIVERSAL BASIC
INCOME IN PLACE USING
PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS.
PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS. IF IT WORKS IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL
TO GET PUBLIC FUNDS BEHIND IT?
>> WE LOOK AT THIS COUNTRY.
PEOPLE ARE FEELING ECONOMIC
ANXIETY.
ANXIETY. WE HAVE ONE IN TWO AMERICANS WHO
CAN’T AFFORD ONE $500 EMERGENCY.
FEDERAL WORKERS DURING THE
SHUTDOWN DEBATING CANCER
TREATMENTS OR PAYING RENT.
THERE HAS TO BE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO?
I DON’T THINK A CITY BY ITSELF
CAN DO BASIC INCOME, BUT I THINK
AS A NATION OR STATES WE SHOULD
THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THIS
ECONOMIC FLOOR WE WANT TO GIVE
TO THE PEOPLE WHO CALL OUR
COMMUNITIES HOPE.
COMMUNITIES HOPE. >> AND THOSE WHO SAY UNIVERSAL
BASIC INCOME IS A GIVE AWAY.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> I SAY IT’S CONSISTENT WITH
AMERICAN VALUES.
AMERICAN VALUES. DR. KING SPENT A LOT OF HIS LIFE
ADVOCATING FOR BASIC INCOME PAID
AT THE MEDIAN INCOME.
WE HAD SOCIALISTS PLAYING AROUND
WITH THE IDEA OF A BASIC INCOME.
IT’S CONSISTENT WITH THE EARNED
INCOME TAX CREDIT.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS NOT HOW
TO PAY FOR IT.
IT’S IF THE POLITICAL WILL IS
THERE.
THERE. I THINK IN THE ESPECIALLY THE
POLL WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST
SEGMENT.
SEGMENT. PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY NOT FOR A
HANDOUT, BUT FOR A FAMILIAR TO
LIVE UPON.
LIVE UPON. >> WHAT’S YOUR MESSAGE FOR THOSE
RUNNING FOR 2020?
FOR YOU, YOU HAVE TWO MENTORS OF
YOURS, HARRIS AND BOOKER ALREADY
IN THE RACE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I THINK MY MESSAGE IS TO REALLY
NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT WE’RE
AGAINST BUT WHAT ARE WE FOR AND
TALK ABOUT AMERICAN VALUES.
AS A COUNTRY AND A JUST, MORAL,
CIVILIZED COUNTRY, WE SHOULDN’T
HAVE AS MUCH POVERTY AS WE HAVE.
WE SHOULDN’T HAVE POVERTY.
IN A MORAL, JUST COUNTRY WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER
AND SOLVE CHALLENGES THAT THE
PEOPLE NEED A VISION THAT REALLY
SPEAKS TO KIND OF WHAT THEY’RE
FEELING DAY TODAY IN THE WAY
THAT ACTUALLY MAKES CHANGE THAT
PEOPLE BELIEVE IN AND THEY CAN
SEE AND FEEL.
WE SHOULD BE A MORAL NATION.
THAT WE TREAT PEOPLE WITH
KINDNESS.
KINDNESS. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO
SAY THAT SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT
LIKE SOCIALISM AND THERE CAN BE
CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM?
CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM? BECAUSE MUCH OF THE SUPPORT YOU
HAVE, THE PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT
IS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE THRIVED
ON THE BACK OF CAPITALISM.
>> I THINK THE BEST PART OF OUR
SYSTEM RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT’S A
HYBRID.
HYBRID. THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
LIBRARIES ARE SOCIALIST.
THEY’RE PUBLIC GOOD.
THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE UP FOR
SOME OF THE GAPS IN CAPITALISM
AND ENFETTERED CAPITALISM.
AND PROVIDE THE STATE SHOULD
PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE
BASIC NECESSITIES?
BASIC NECESSITIES? >> BE GOOD.
BE KIND.
BE KIND. BE DECENT.
BE DECENT. GET A GREAT EDUCATION AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE GOOD NEWS AND
THIS IS A MAN WHO IS TRYING TO
SPREAD IT.
SPREAD IT. MAYOR MICHAEL TUBS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
MUCH. HE’S 28 YEARS OLD.