50 years of a means based safety net has been a failure in the US

The US and its puritanical roots is the basis for many of its problems and racism. The idea that some people might get one dollar more than they deserve according to Jesus Christ is enough to make people cut their own nose off to spite their face.

I’m using that grotesque cliche, because it so accurately explains the US.

In countries where the population is more monolithic and less attached to the most heinous interpretation of the bible in the developed world their social services are universal.

There is this idea that other people aren’t evil leeches trying to squeeze an extra dollar out their fellow human for sheer entertainment value.

There is a belief that making sure we have a society where people aren’t afraid all the time is a better society. A society where people aren’t living on the street, hungry and unable to go the dentist is a bare minimum that a civilized society can provide.

If you use this video in a talk or a paper here how you source it:Fleming, Teka Lark. [Black & Tan Show]. (2014, January 9).Episode 5: 50 years of failure [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/pd7Cpk1iGzw

Some sources I used to create this video:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/1970s-manitoba-poverty-experiment-called-a-success-1.868562 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/switzerlands-proposal-to-pay-people-for-being-alive.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1143578.shtml http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1942beveridge.html