So in the USA today we have: 1) Both adults working long hours to move up the corporate ladder, neglecting their kids and their elderly parents in order to aff

So in the USA today we have: 1) Both adults working long hours to move up the corporate ladder, neglecting their kids and their elderly parents in order to afford the rent etc. 2) Kids are stuck in public school as a glorified "day care center", and if they fidget or can't sit still they are diagnosed with ADHD and given amphetamines like adderal and ritalin. Boys are diagnosed with ADHD more than girls, for perhaps obvious reasons (https://theconversation.com/why-is-adhd-more-common-in-boys-than-girls-92151 https://theconversation.com/why-is-adhd-more-common-in-boys-...) (However, we can improve this. Finland doesn't have nearly as much ADHD diagnoses, for instance, because the kids are able to have a lot of exercise during the day, rather than only being trained to be corporate drones https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37306818 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37306818) 3) The elderly, as we can see here, are being drugged also 4) One in four middle aged women is on antidepressants (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/21/one-in-four-women-psych-meds https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/no...) 5) There is an opioid epidemic, primarily among men whose jobs have disappeared (https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/how-can-policy-address-the-opioid-crisis-and-despair-in-america/ https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/how-can-poli...) The #4 and #5 have gotten worse since 2007, as many men started making less money, but women continue to want to be with men who make more than they do. Single, childless women make more than men, and sometimes choose to have a child and raise them as a single parent. (https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704421104575463790770831192 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704421104575463...) We could fix a lot of this by giving people a Universal Basic Income. Then, both men and women would have the power to negotiate shorter workweeks with their employers, spend more time with their children, and take care of their parents – things that are currently not remunerated by the market (although there are some government programs that pay family members for taking care of their own parents). They might contribute to open source software, do science, learn a musical instrument, practice their religion or learn something from a massive online course. A high enough UBI would also allow us to abolish minimum wage laws, allowing companies to give free internships legally, so teenagers and new entrants can gain skills on the job and become competitive. Finally, it would reduce the pay gap / penalties that a woman has for choosing to have children, because both parents would be able to afford to work shorter hours. Rather than teaching women to "lean in" and work 10 hour days like many career-oriented men, we should be teaching both sexes to "lean out" and spend more time with their family. I would argue that women had a better work-life balance than men, until recently. At least during the pandemic, many have learned that they don't have to commute long miles just to sit in a chair. That's already good for the environment and gains people a few hours every day.