To sound awful its horrible so youve had me here twice and we sort of spoke about the reports that came from either doctors or from human rights organizations well now theres finnish an inspection the last death that you heard about well actually it was in may so keep them from may to now actually get the facts together and what were missing in those facts is that the actual facility said that they were doing wellness checks on its individual 3 times during the course of this person actually separating us dying in custody in addition to that this person was detained in a cell with another young adult so we all know that the flu is contagious and so while this individual was not mexican he was being held in mexico at this time and therefore its also a danger to the mexican people because theyre laying the disease sort of grab that there so there are 2 choices which weve always said you can either detain these individuals and give them the health care they need or tag them and release them in whatever way fashions give them a Court Date Set them back to the United States and let churches and Community Facilities pick up where you did not do your human rights was it i mean was there any impact. I feel that when i mean when i saw the videos not only of that child dying on the floor i mean his family eventually said look we dont want the video out because of course but when you do see that video and you see theres this gap and it was like 1 in the morning till 6 when they didnt check and then you see these kids dying on the floor that breaks your heart and then when you see them arresting doctors were walking up saying all we want to do is free vaccines thats right exactly. I can understand about the Health Concerns of saying you know were letting you in to give these there need to be some waivers of some concern but the clearances have taken place in addition to that when he was locked up they knew that he had the flu because they had contacted the health and Human Services to come get him to take care of this problem so therefore they gap is really concerned about the prison if it was a private prison and that shows you that theyre not living up to the standards that need to be there if it was our own government prison in that shows you that our government isnt living up to the standard which is reinforces the fear if your main goal is just to deter people from coming in not to kill them then you would have released these individuals thats very true but if you mangle is not that exactly as we saw play out. C. P. B. Spokesman Matthew Diamond wrote to the voice of america he declared individuals in customs and Border Patrol customs should generally not be held for longer than 72 hours and even the c. P. B. Hold rooms or Holding Facilities and that because of c. P. B. Of the Law Enforcement agency and because of the short amount of time migrants are held. Its not operating a Vaccine Program is not feasible is that a reasonable excuse to you because youve been following this in your in your in this war is that a reasonable excuse for not accepting the help of these doctors and is really not because 2 things one they were there to treat individuals that were there whether they be there for an hour and 72 hours its a different theyre getting the vaccination which being released out into the United States or being returned home but the Health Benefit to them right because theyre supposed to be the intake of Health Concerns where these people are screened and given the appropriate care either before they were returned to their home country or. At least to the United States for further processing and the whole rule of thing the 72 hours ago we have found over and over again thats not reality and when you have to have to get these videotapes that are released which shows clear evidence of violations of Human Rights Concerns around the world then we really dont need to have this conversation anymore help should be allowed to completely and mention when its interesting when you say you know so everyone kind of sees around the world because thats thats where im going to next is as i mentioned earlier right now according to pew research 56 percent of mexicans if you know if you follow this poll and polls can be but 56 percent so much of mexico potentially view the United States as a threat thats our neighbor and only 46. 00 in fact this is interesting only 46 percent of canadians see it as an ally thats actually fallen 8 points since 2007 was that 54. Do you believe that its our border and immigration policies that have played a role in turning up the heat i guess mexico being this as a threat and then obviously cat of the saying we dont really you guys arent quite our ally allies are we thought we think its just a change in the way that we handle our policy in the consistency that weve been for years the sort of turned away from that from the u. N. The human rights sort of area weve turned away from that and then again weve sort of americans have sort of said mexico is the problem when its really Central Americans guatemala that are coming up through here and the history that we have in causing the concerns in those countries if there are no ones if there is no one to buy drugs then drugs dont happen right if there is no color these ports that theyre coming in from right and actually how many drug dealers that we actually think are coming in at the Border Smuggling at that level not that many right in not that many cases so it just sort of shows that i can start and what it does is it villainize is hispanic which is really i think the point of why someone who is of lad descent whether theyre american born or from mexico or from any part in Central America sort of feel like theyre already emigrate because you dont feel that way when you sort of saw the testimony last week of those families that immigrated here joined the government work for our protection went through our protection and. Came out oh my god you emigrated here you became less than automatically when in fact everybody at some point emigrated here it reminded me a lot actually this whole thing from took office till now and this ratchet up not that it wasnt also happening under obamas watch to it was. It reminds me a lot especially the skiing in latin america and it reminds me a lot of what happened after 911. 00 to Muslim Americans especially with islam immigrants where it was like a blanket were going after everyone were going to. Happen i would say happening good point those controls that are still in place the refugees were supposed to be let in still dont have a high number of those people coming in a lot of the bands took place that were still in place for that so that religious muslim thing is a band that sort of happening across the board continuously. Who are we actually letting in. I mean thats really our question thats right i mean i think you can find a ton of stories right now working immigration for the United States is in the pits College Students arent coming anymore which hurts our own institutions because they pull playful fair jobs are unable to hire them here so theyre moving their jobs jobs abroad were not getting the brightest so thats happening we have a shortage nurses and physical care to take every elderly what have you we have doctors who have been here for a long time are waiting in the dispersed areas where nobody will go have a practice in alabama tennessee that are taking care of people who have to wait normally amount of time for their green cards so it always sort of saying immigration is a good for us right now because we wont dont want to be involved in other and you will see plans that are actually floating from republicans in those a little bit further saying we have a moratorium on immigration for 2 years were just going to pull out of the whole plant and no families no business across the border and it just doesnt make sense when we know in fact that employment is so good right now that we have all these jobs allegedly and we know that farms are losing farmer workers and the like source in the manufacturing jobs so a little bit doesnt make sense i think a little bit of this trade deal that was just approved will help increase some of the conditions in mexico and maybe bring some jobs back but its not clear yes Margaret Allen i want to say thank you as always for coming on education and always a pleasure. Sir. As we mentioned earlier this week in our discussion with former congressman alan grayson the National Defense authorization act is making its way through congress to the tune of 738000000000. 00 of your tax dollars who looks like rate the Lockheed Martin and others will be doing quite these Stocking Stuffers this year because who doesnt love tax dollars no bid contracts and why are missiles in your stockings are do i do love them here is our to america because she breaks down the 2020. Its quite the increase from what the military was given last year a 22000000000. 00 increase to be exact were going the military spending budget to a whopping total of 738000000000. 00 the president has already claiming victory tweeting today wow all of our priorities have made it into the final n. D. A. Congress dont delay this any more i will sign this historic defense legislation immediately now the house is expected to vote on the bill wednesday with an expected quick vote thereafter in the senate but who gets what when it comes to that 738000000000 the biggest part of the budget mainly goes to u. S. Military overseas and particular iran afghanistan and syria the bill also covers a 3 point one percent pay raise for military members strengthening military housing oversight rebuilding the military Border Security and expanding visas for afghans who have helped u. S. Forces but new in 2020 president Donald Trumps space forest budget where its expected to get about 10600000000 and thats 1600000000 was a major point of contention between democrats and republicans so in exchange for republicans wanting Space Force Funding democrats were given the green light to add 12 weeks of paid Maternity Leave for all federal employees who have worked in the government for at least a year before it was just employees of the department of defense that were given that benefit but to democrats theyre still not happy with the bill senator Bernie Sanders and congressman wrote. Call the National Defense authorization act quote a bill of astonishing moral cowardice saying congress should not pass this new compromised version sanders saying in particular there is no pressing reason for congress to shower trump his saudi friends in the pentagon contractors of the military Industrial Complex with the 738000000000. 00 taxpayer giveaway right now we owe it to the American People to go back to the drawing board another democrat congressman mark poken wrote at the same time that this administration has cut food stamps medicaid and Reproductive Health services from every day americans this president wants to add more than 100000000000. 00 to continue and listen unauthorized wars this is the definition of government waste now besides the president what do republicans have to say senator Mitch Mcconnell says despite the impeachment distraction from democrats he reassured they wont get sidetracked and the bill will go up for a vote whats. Possible. In the. Government funding. Finishing up at least the circuit judges. And what is not possible obviously would be to turn to an impeachment trial or to do u. S. M. C. In the senate before we break for christmas now this bill is one of the few remaining bills still considered a must pass piece of legislation unlike most federal Agencies Congress has passed authorization bills for defense spending before the Previous Fiscal Year and each of the last 58 years for watching the hawks im fair in front zack. All right as we go to break dont forget to let us know what you think of the topics weve covered on our social media be sure to check our watching the hawks the podcast is now available on spotify apple because everywhere you listen to your favorite over even though its open for podcast coming up we ask can universal basic income save americas Economic Future and conrad shaw u. B. I. Researcher brings us the answers. While most of us trust the state to watch. 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Prior to the 2020 Carnival Game that has become the democratic president ial primary Many Americans and political pundits had never heard of or even entertain the idea of universal basic income or u. B. I. But democratic president ial candidate andrew young changed all that with his calls for a freedom dividend a universal basic income for all adult u. S. Citizens according to his website the reason he is basing the entire foundation of his candidacy on the need for a u. B. I. Is because by 2015 automation had already destroyed 4000000 manufacturing jobs and the smartest people in the world now predict that a 3rd of all working americans will lose their job to automation in the next 12 years but how would universal basic income work and can actually save us and our jobs from the inevitable terminator 2 style future of automation can it overcome the u. S. Economic system being ravaged by income inequality and corporate control or is it ultimately just a campaign trail gimmick for one president ial candidate to set himself apart from the rest vote for me and ill give you free money well joining me now from new york city to discuss the ins and outs of universal basic income is filmmaker writer and universal basic income researcher conrad shaw who recently penned an op ed titled class reunion letter to the ultra wealthy how u. B. I. Can bring us together i want to say thank you for joining us today conrad. Thank god youre a filmmaker an artist a different from what i gather when did you 1st come across the concept of universal basic income and for people that dont really know or havent followed how essentially does it work. I like to boil a universal basic income or u. B. I. Down differently than a lot of people do i think the easiest way to look at it is d its power to the people its the most simple way to achieve power to the people its and its done through cash as in those Strings Attached dividend on a frequent basis. So that everyone has. An income that is survivable and allows them essentially the power in their pocket to have leverage in their everyday lives and to pursue the things that they want so an implementation is actually people talk about how it would be a big program but compared to all of our other programs its. Far simpler after the initial set up because its essentially giving the same amount of money to every single citizen on a regular basis its like the level of coding that a sophomore in college could do its very true. You know its interesting because in your article. From a medium which is essentially a letter to the super wealthy you know about the need for universal basic income you write that before getting to that solution though we must 1st lay out the scope and shape of the problem in terms of 2 main things that this country has a whole as a whole misunderstands today a value b. People now its a big question but in a nutshell how are we misunderstanding value in people and how can you be i help fix that. I mean the paper as long as he read it or the letter value in general is as a question how were measuring things. d the way we measure our success in society through the g. D. P. Or the stock market or unemployment metrics are very skewed i think thats one thing and does really well actually not that im a like a gang surrogate or anything but he talks about an american scorecard i think thats a good framing how we can measure success in society based on things that actually matter to most americans g. D. P. Doesnt really have it doesnt really have. A relevance to most peoples daily lives the stock market is only relevant to one percent of people has Something Like 50 percent of the stock market i dont remember the exact numbers but more than half of americans cant even pay a 500. 00 emergency bill without going into debt much less have a portfolio of stocks so these measurements are not very relevant. And unemployment is maybe the most. Is maybe the most deceitful one and it has been all the way back its seems like its more a waste to for administrations to to make it look like theyre doing better than they are or that we are doing better than we are but it doesnt account for the people who have given up looking over have gone on gone on disability or who are underemployed and used to be making a lot more with benefits now working in good jobs people who have run out of benefits people who have committed suicide i mean all of these things are are high so were not measuring how the country is doing very well and and on the larger scale with value were equating value with money and work with jobs but thats a mistake i like to say that life is work theres all kinds of valuable work that people do and only a percentage of it is rewarded by the labor market at the things you do like starting a business or taking care of sick parents or pursuing your studies or you or even just taking a shower every day and making sure youre pleasant on the street this is all valuable to society and to some level philosophically should be supported it shouldnt be if you dont work for someone who has money you know who the gatekeeper to. The wealthy class the employers d should not be a gatekeeper to survival and then the other half is people couldnt that was one of things that really jumped out to me about what you wrote was that you really kind of laid out that element of saying look theres a lot of jobs in this country the you dont get money for because for whatever reason weve decided well you know taking care of somebody sick family members things like that raising your kids isnt going to be something that were going to just hand you money. Money over for and thats one of things i think that you laid out really well about why u. B. I. Works so well the kind of cover that cost you know cover that expense and then give. Motivate the economy around that i think is really well written and what you put out there i want to ask you i want to ask you because i have to you know what about the critics you know we hear a lot of critics that say that look giving people free money from the government would just make them lazy or would make them not want to work or or even worse pay it could bring us one step closer to the evils of communism and the how dangerous that is to our freedoms you know what do you say to those kind of criticisms of universal basic income. I mean those are 2 different criticisms but when we come to the issue of laziness and what people will do thats the other half is were misunderstanding people and i think one of the biggest things or misunderstanding is human nature and i think our understanding of human nature. In our understanding we divide people into the makers and the takers the productive and the extractive and its not. Ive been looking for a way to boil down human nature into one defining characteristic throughout the work ive been doing which includes a lot of research into different basic income trials that show that people do not work less given basic income they go less into vices they go they do they drink less if you drugs less their Health Outcomes are better and then we have our own project were trying basic income to tell the stories for a docu series and in all of these cases it Shows Positive outcomes and the sort of the epitome i had been reading a. Fun book called jobs was when he talked about david graber talks about child psychology and theres a time in a babys life when it accidentally knock something over on the table and realizes holy cow i did that and is elated by it and thats kind of a simple silly thing but. I think that in essence is. Every single persons primary motivator is to be able to be a cause and to have an effect on the world outside of you to have some sort of semblance of control in your life to be able to pursue your purpose we all wanted to know that were active in our lives not passes and what the economy has done now its put us in a place where were hyper competitive over this arbitrary standard of how much money you have and were essentially expected to be passive in our lives going to fill roles. And the beauty of Something Like u. B. I. That and the reason i think it doesnt lead to lazy behavior is because it is because it frees people to pursue the passions that they actually have rather than putting on passions that or obligations that society deems that we should feel or are worthy of our pursuit i think yeah i really i really agree with you about that because i think thats one of the biggest problems that we are kind of treated in this kind of almost indentured servitude whether be to our data or to our jobs and it doesnt allow us to really grow and really you know spread our wings as human beings i think youre quite eloquently in your in your kind of pitch of u. B. I. And im curious to know why why did you pitch this to specifically say right at the top im talking to the super wealthy you know why did you pitch that specifically to the super wealthy in this in this article. I mean ive written about 17 different articles but one thing i have and now its a different sort of. People but ive been dealing with trying to fundraise for a project so ive been in contact with more of the super wealthy and ive been noticing also more of this anti billionaire rhetoric and then this anti lazy poverty of rhetoric and it seems to me we have a big problem with other ng in this country that the problem with. A lack of empathy and understanding for him there and i wanted to come at it from a place of listen. The sooner we can realize that were all human beings under different circumstances if i can look at a billionaire and say you know what if that happened to me and i came into a lot of money would i suddenly be an evil capitalist swine i dont think so and if i was in poor circumstances what i said and theyd be you know worthless lazy degenerate and i can imagine myself in any mood or consensus by sleep because i tread in both circles and i couldnt in you know i think i think i couldnt agree with you more manure i think you hit it right on the head in that we do need to start bringing people together like that conrad shaw ran out of time but i want to thank you so much today for coming on it was truly a pleasure here and i definitely suggest people go read your article and media its truly some really interesting great stuff thank you sir thank you so much. 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