How basic income could fail in America
Basic income will require a major shift in attitudes. We already have a situation where even highly profitable companies refuse to pass on to their employees more share of profit than absolutely necessary. Why would the people who make these decisions support basic income? And they are the ones ultimately in power.<p>I bet even if basic income was implemented media would soon be full of stories of  slackers not doing anything and soon politicians would run on a platform of cutting basic income. So I the end it wouldn&#x27;t look much different from what we have now.<p>I think it would be much more important to address income inquality. Maybe the share of national income that people like Altman receive is just too high? How about making sure that someone who is working 40 hours per week can actually live off that income ?