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Hamon - France's money-for-all presidential contender

Benoit Hamon has an enticing offer for French voters if elected president in May: his Socialist

government would give each and every one a regular wage, whether they work or not, be

they billionaires or paupers.

Alongside promises to legalize cannabis, abandon diesel fuel and cancel debts between European

Union countries, Hamon, the ruling Socialist Party's candidate pledges a "universal income"

for all citizens.

The cost, says the 49-year-old, will be around 350 billion euros ($374.82 billion), roughly

equivalent to the annual budget of Europe's second-biggest economy.

An ambitious overhaul of taxes will be pursued to fund it, he says.

The idea has captured the imagination of Socialists who feel betrayed by a shift to more pro-business

policies under President Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls, the former prime minister

whom Hamon beat on Sunday to win the left's presidential ticket.

Hamon's win, with over 58 percent of the vote according to partial results on Sunday evening,

is yet another upset in an unpredictable presidential race.

He was until earlier this month one of several outsiders in a party contest that Valls, a

more moderate and more experienced leader, was initially predicted to win.

Valls labeled Hamon "the sandman", a seller of dreams which would condemn the Socialist

Party to an opposition role for years to come.

Valls readily compared his rival Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's main opposition Labour

Party.

But while Valls struggled to shake off the tag of prime minister to the deeply unpopular

Hollande, Hamon struck a chord with left-wing voters by declaring on the campaign trail:

"I am running for president so that France's heart will beat once again."

Hamon's most visible public roles were as Hollande's junior minister for the social

economy and later as education minister.

He quit that post in protest at what he viewed as the party's shift towards the political

right and big business.

ROBOTS VS WORKERS

His campaign platform, he says, is based on his conviction that jobs are scarce and will

become more so as a digital revolution takes hold and leaves workers displaced by self-driving

cars, drones and robots.

Society will only adapt if it accepts that people work less and jobs are shared across

a greater number of workers, Hamon says - hence his proposals of a shorter working week and

a basic income of 750 euros a month for all adult citizens, whether they work or not.

"Look at Germany, model country with full employment, where the jobless rate is five

or six percent.

Nobody sees the poverty rate is 17 percent.

In reality, it's a tradeoff: jobs at the price of poverty," Hamon said at a meeting in Marseille.

Hamon acknowledges his proposal will require a major revamp of taxes.

Among other fiscal policy promises, he plans a "robot tax" levied on the profit margins

of digital industry groups as well as higher taxes on giants like Google and Apple.

Like other hardline French left-wingers, Hamon says Hollande eroded the spending power of

the working class.

He wants to raise the minimum wage, currently about 1,150 euros a month, by 10 percent and

raise civil service salaries too.

But unlike some other staunch socialists, Hamon defends the European Union, at least

in as far as the bloc could help reduce tax competition between member states and equip

Europe for trade competition with the United States and China.

Euro zone rules on budget restraint should however be suspended pending changes that

would allow for increased spending on defense and policing to fight terrorism.

He proposes a near doubling of the defense budget to three percent of GDP, the hiring

of thousands more police, and advocates the creation of a cross-border intelligence agency.

Asked if he was a dreamer, Hamon argued that France had lost its way and borrowed a line

from Italian Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact

that the old is dying and the new cannot be born."

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How To Speak American English Without Fear - Duration: 5:15.

I like to talk about what to do in English if you are nervous in a conversation or when

you have to talk to people you don't know.

I use the guitar as an example because I perform concerts and play with other musicians.

Some of these other musicians are much better at playing the fancy parts on the guitar than

I am.

They have been playing a lot longer and they practice more.

And it can be the same for you in English.

Maybe you are speaking with a native speaker and they speak quickly and you have to try

and keep up.

What I would tell you is learn the very basics of English.

All the words that you need to know in the areas that interest you.

And then if you are nervous, you can acknowledge it.

We all can feel shy or be nervous.

I am by nature an introvert but I try to mask it or overcome it by performing - it helps

me get out of this shell that's safe for me and experience more things and that's been

the case for singing and playing guitar and speaking.

It is all a way for me to go outside of the little box that I live in and experience more

of the world.

And by speaking and singing and playing guitar even at this basic level, I've been able to

meet people who are very kind and charitable and want to encourage me.

In a situation where you are in front of people, remember in general they are cheering you

on or rooting (supporting) for you.

They want you to succeed.

They know that English is your second language.

And so look for someone in the crowd who is going to give you a positive reaction.

Look for that smile or their eyes open, not the guy focused on his smartphone or mobile

phone.

But takes that person's interest and direct this joy you have and what you want to say

to that person.

Also breathing deeply and kind of clenching your fists and releasing them and doing that

three times helps get rid of these kind of nerves.

It's called "stage fright" where the stage is where someone performs.

Many many famous performers who perform in front of thousands or ten thousands and hundreds

of thousands of people experience this "stage fright" whether its an actor or even musicians,

many of them admit they actually get sick before the performance but when they are out

there and they hear people cheering because they want to hear their favorite song or experience

it, they get energy from the crowd and they are no longer nervous, they can go and perform

and do what they love to do.

So that is my suggestion for you - look for somebody in the audience.

You can acknowledge that you are nervous and then go on.

It also helps to greet people when you are in a situation - acknowledge people and look

them in the eye and get them on your side.

Let them know why you are there.

You are there to give a speech, you are there to introduce yourself, you are there to work

with somebody.

Let them know you are brave enough to say "Hello!"

And they will appreciate that and that brings them to you as a supporter and someone who

is interested in you.

All of these techniques have worked for me for many years since I started trying to go

from being an introvert to an extrovert.

I still do like to spend time alone or with a limited number of people, but I also perform

because I like to play the songs I write and play along with other people who have similar

interests to me.

Those are the people I find I can have the most interesting conversations with.

So I would encourage you to do the same.

Acknowledge that you are nervous, reach out to the crowd and be prepared to learn from

them and remember, people are on your side, they want you to succeed in English so if

they correct you, if you say, "My father, she is very tall" and someone corrects you

in English that your father is a "he" or "him", it is a small mistake but you can learn from

it and thank that person for helping.

They do want to help you in general.

People are not out to get you or to punish you.

They want to help you.

So give yourself the opportunity to be helped by going out in public and speaking with people

and interacting and taking a risk.

It is very much worth the effort.

Thank you for watching these videos and please subscribe so I can teach you more.