
Common Sense Soapbox
About this show
Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.
"Free" Money is Really Expensive!
July 23, 2019
Bob's excited about Universal Basic Income, and thinks that it would be a great way to help people for less money than the inefficient welfare programs we already have. That could be true, but only if it completely the current system, and that's... unlikely. Find out why in this new episode of Common Sense Soapbox!
CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin & Jennifer Maffessanti
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced by Sean W. Malone
LINKS:
https://fee.org/articles/andrew-yang-s-math-doesn-t-add-up-on-universal-basic-income/
https://fee.org/articles/how-universal-basic-income-could-be-used-to-suppress-free-speech/
https://fee.org/articles/the-real-cost-of-universal-basic-income/
https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/welfare_spending_analysis
https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/medicare_spending_analysis
https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/social_security_spending_analysis
($2.63 trillion spent in 2018 on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other entitlements based on my math using stats from above sources)
https://fee.org/articles/ubi-treats-people-first-and-foremost-as-charity-cases/
https://fee.org/articles/the-top-three-arguments-against-a-universal-basic-income/
https://fee.org/articles/finland-ends-its-experiment-with-universal-basic-income/
https://fee.org/shows/video/common-sense-soapbox/will-robots-make-human-jobs-obsolete#player