Give Workers £10k To Survive Automation, Top Think Tank Suggests
Found on Huffington Post on Sunday, 18 February 2018
Ultimately, the RSA paper suggests, the wealth fund would finance a Universal Basic Income (UBI) as the world of modern work is turned upside down by increased automation, new technology and an ageing population.
"Without a real change in our thinking, neither tweaks to the welfare state nor getting people into work alone, when the link between hard work and fair pay has broken, will help working people meet the challenges ahead."
It won't happen because none of the politicians wants to confront the businesses. Automation means more profit for them by paying less wages, while at the same time unemployed people need welfare support. Logically, you would argue that the companies need to pay something like an automation tax which goes directly into the welfare for helping those who now are not needed anymore.