Credits for the Union
When businesses and billionaires receive compensation, they invest it in themselves. People, however, need housing and food and goods and services, and they spend money which supports those businesses. A stipend for people does not stay in their pockets, it enriches the businesses which supply those needs. Businesses have sped up and stripped down positions to where a single role handles multiple responsibilities at a rapid pace for minimal pay, while simultaneously outsourcing jobs to robots and AI. We are rapidly approaching a world where employment is much less of a necessity. We need to establish a system for people to provide for themselves which has the potential to adapt to a world without employment. Rather than wages, we should distribute a credit line of approximately $3,000 monthly to each citizen. With a requirement that able-bodied citizens work for 30 hours a week to offset that stipend. And an exception that those with children can have one spouse stay home and still rec...