Quite frankly, I look at Congress, I look at people like Paul Ryan, and I see a complete inability to look at things like that. I see people who feel that if yo

Quite frankly, I look at Congress, I look at people like Paul Ryan, and I see a complete inability to look at things like that. I see people who feel that if you are not working, you should be punished. And in seeing that, I see a Congress that would be unwilling to make the shifts needed if the robots take more and more of our jobs. I love the ideal that, if labor is automated, that we would be able to spend that time and energy on things that would better society. Making art, scientific research, all that good stuff. But, before anyone can do any of that, they need their basic needs to be met. They need food, shelter, and clothing. Currently, the only way to get that is to work. If we take away the basic jobs that millions, if not billions of people are doing, and our leaders don't want to invest in the basic income idea, they're not going to be able to meet those basic needs or go on to those higher pursuits.