There is such a thing as a free lunch
The Illuminate Film Festival is coming up at the end of this month in Sedona, May 30th to June 3rd. One of our featured documentaries is The Free Lunch Society. It is a film about the concept of a basic income for everyone. Fact: The world produces enough foods and goods to feed a happy world. Fact: The world is more than prosperous enough to end all inequality. Fact: The Walmart-family owns just as much as 160 million Americans. Fact: Lotto winners keep on working even if they don’t have to. Fact: A tax on money-and finance-transactions will fix this inequality. Fact: It would boost the economy to give more people a decent income.
The system of today, where the richest get richer by the day, and the middle class can’t even survive on the income of two badly paid jobs, we need a new system. What would you do if your basic living needs were paid by our government? Some have said that it would lead to laziness. People wouldn’t work, they would lay around all day doing nothing. However, once people’s needs are met they can relax. The pressure will be off. They will have more time to spend doing things they love. There will be more time to spend with their families. That would have a huge benefit to society. To have one or two parents available for their children and each other. People may become more creative. They will have more time to work on their hobbies and dreams.
Finland is studying basic income and Kenya already is enacting a program. Hawaii is even looking at enacting it for it’s citizens.
The film will be shone June 1st at 10:15 am in the Black Box theater of the Sedona Performing Arts Center. Lou Ann and I will be there. We hope to see some of you there! To learn more, go to illuminatefilmfestival.com From my relaxed and creative heart to yours, Thomas