Karen Christine Patrick is a 20+ family caregiver looking for resources and ideas to help other caregivers. Rosalyn Carter, the former first lady, said this about caregiving; "There are only four kinds of people in the world: - those who have been caregivers, - those who are currently caregivers, - those who will be caregivers, - and those who will need caregivers."
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There is a big debate in the political realm about the idea of a federal job guarantee versus the basic income. In this episode, we compare and contrast both ideas in terms of implementation and whether or not each idea supports caregivers in the way that they need to be supported realistically.
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Caregiving is the foundational work for all other forms of human work. Over the years this vital human work become more difficult as more and more tasks have been added, as if it were unimportant, and the support for it remains uncompensated. The Basic Income movement recognizes the vital need of caregiving and aims to make sure humans are able to …
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