Dispelling the Working Harder Myth when it Comes to Income Inequality and Why We Need a Basic Income Guarantee Instead

Allen Bauer
Apr 2, 2016 · 3 min read

We hear it time and time again in the political arguments that income inequality doesn’t matter. No one is guaranteed anything. If you want to get ahead just work harder.

It’s often shouted the loudest by self pontificating assholes who brag about how they busted their ass by working hard and pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps and everyone else should do the same. What many of them fail to remember is how they had help from mommy and daddy, friends, family, business partners or the government to get where they are.

Does this mean some people don’t get ahead by busting their ass? Not at all. It can happen. In fact it happens all the time, but just not for most people. I know, I know, you’re the exception to the rule and if everyone was just like you the world would be a better place.

But before I go on further, let’s a take a look at this video that really touches on this subject.




So what’s the solution? A Basic Guarantee Income which is designed to replace the current welfare system by eliminating the government middle mean and agencies and instead just give the money directly to everyone.



How would we pay for it? You can see in my other article here, “Can we afford a Basic Income?

With the Basic Income Guarantee in place, it would eliminate poverty and allow people the freedom to use their time to gain new skills to get ahead instead of busting their ass at 2 part-time low wage jobs just to try to survive.

Plus their’s no poverty trap now. Everyone gets the Basic Income without any conditions. But you’re still free to make, save and invest money without fear of losing your safety net, unlike the current welfare programs are today.


To learn more about a Basic Income Guarantee you can check out my other article, America’s New Political Revolution and Why We Need Basic Income to Unite Us.

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