STUART: FINALLY SANITY IN THE
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME DEBATE.
FINLAND WILL END ITS EXPERIMENT
IN FREE MONEY.
SINCE EARLY LAST YEAR THE FINS
HAVE BEEN HANDING OUT CASH TO
UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, $680 A MONTH,
NO STRINGS ATTACHED.
DO WHAT YOU LIKE WITH IT.
START A BUSINESS.
TAKE A CLASS.
JUST QUIT WORRYING ABOUT MONEY.
THAT DIDN'T GO DOWN WELL WITH
VOTERS OVER THERE.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA.
FINLAND WILL CUT OFF THE FREE
FLOW OF MONEY.
GOOD.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT THE
END OF THE EXPERIMENT.
I SAY UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WANT
MONEY, YOU BETTER GET OUT THERE
TO WORK FOR IT.
IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, A PILOT
PROGRAM DELIVERS $500 A MONTH TO
SOME POOR PEOPLE.
DO WHAT YOU LIKE WITH IT.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, IS SETTING
UP A SIMILAR EXPERIMENT.
ONTARIO, CANADA, IS GIVING
HUNDREDS MUCH DOLLARS A MONTH TO
4,000 PEOPLE.
CANDIDATE, DEMOCRAT ANDREW YANG,
WHO WANTS TO BY EVERY AMERICAN
ADULT $1000 A MONTH.
WE'RE TOLD THAT THESE PROGRAMS
RELIEF POVERTY, ALLOW PEOPLE TO
SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR
CHILDREN, LET THEM START
BUSINESSES OR JUST ENJOY LIFE,
FREE OF THE WICKED PURSUIT OF
MONEY.
FINE.
BUT NOT ON MY DIME.
DON'T TAKE MONEY OFF ME.
I WORK AND I THINK YOU SHOULD
TOO.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T MAKE
AS MUCH AS YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
MAKE.
GET OUT THERE AND AT LEAST MAKE
THE EFFORT TO SUPPORT YOURSELF.
BACK TO FINLAND.
THEY HAVE BEEN HANDING OUT MONEY
FOR OVER A YEAR.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO STUDY WHAT
PEOPLE DID WIT.
BUT THEY WON'T RELEASE THE
FINDINGS UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
OH, HOW CONVENIENT.
THE PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL POLICY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
SAYS, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH
YOUNG PEOPLE.
REPORTS OF THOSE GUYS NOT
SEEKING WORK.
OH.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE TAXPAYERS OF
FINLAND HAVE PROBABLY BEEN
FUNDING COUCH POTATOES.
THE GOOD NEWS, THAT THEY STOPPED