Marine and the Hippy 210529 S01E16- Minimum America, Minimum

The Marine and the Hippie

In this dialogue, we explore the concept of the Minimum: the idea that what we are willing to accept is far lower than what we need to survive, and Americans are taught that we shouldn't ask for any more than that from our government or society. For example, we discuss what should be basic tools to ensure survival, things like medical care for all, environmental legislation and a Universal Basic Income, which are guaranteed to most around the world, but for some reason not to the people of the United States. We are unwilling to demand it from our government, and as a result, we do not see a return on our investment which we make in the form of taxes. The result is bad government making bad policy which helps only a tiny segment of the population while the vast majority of us are left out in the cold. To overcome this, we need to start demanding a return on our investment in the form of responsible and socially oriented spending of our tax dollars, and the installation of socially oriented government policy.

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Show Credits

• "The Marine"- Doc Stodden
• "The Hippie"- Dylan Netter
• Show Direction and Web- Dylan Netter
• Show Production- Doc Stodden

Musical Elements used in this show (No samples cleared)

• Mozart- "The Turkish March" (segment)
• Gershwin- "Rhapsody in Bue" (segment)
• Incidentals by Eric (LN TK)

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