Universal Education Empowers Democratic Societies to Succeed, by Mark Erickson

As we know, the Democratic Presidential Candidate, Andrew Yang, whom I supported from his campaign’s infancy, unfortunately had to bow out of the process several weeks ago. $$ F**k Citizen’s United.

https://basicincome.org/news/2020/02/united-states-andrew-yang-steps-down-from-presidential-candidacy/

Here is a great article to educate yourself about a Universal Basic Income.

https://basicincome.org/news/2020/01/three-misconceptions-about-yangs-freedom-dividend/

UBI allows freedom, and that economic concept found in Scandinavia 1) breeds happiness

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=255pXtXYGoG-sAWTvISABQ&q=world+happiness+index&oq=world+happiness+index&gs_l=psy-b.3..0l10.1311.6921..7196…0.0..0.276.2298.15j4j2……0….1..gws-wiz…….0i131.2Cqwgf7tI3w&ved=0ahUKEwiVst-h8pPoAhUBH6wKHRMeAVAQ4dUDCAg&uact=5 and

2) allows one to pursue educational opportunities.

In a New York Times Op-Ed piece published less than a week ago (2/17/20) by David Brooks, he opined that education made democratic Scandinavian socialist societies succeed. I really like this Brooks quote.

“That educational push seems to have had a lasting influence on the culture. Whether in Stockholm or Minneapolis, Scandinavians have a tendency to joke about the way their sense of responsibility is always nagging at them. They have the lowest rates of corruption in the world. They have a distinctive sense of the relationship between personal freedom and communal responsibility.”

– Mark Erickson