be they superficial or necessary to
sustain human life all of these things
cost way too much welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten things
that should be free in the future
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell
to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re looking at goods and
services that we hope will become cost
free in the coming years we recognize
that some of these things may already be
free in some countries but they’re not
necessarily available in the US or
worldwide without cost number 10
luggage on flights remember the days
when a flight meant a checked bag and a
hot albeit questionable meal those days
are long gone
Airlines in the United States began
charging fees for checked luggage around
2008 when the world was undergoing a
financial crisis and oil prices were at
an all-time high many of the major
airlines were in crisis and needed a way
to increase their profits today however
airline fuel prices have dropped and yet
more and more airlines or forcing
passengers to choose between checking a
bag or saving money flying is expensive
as it is so throwing extra fees at us
just seems wrong number 9 water there
aren’t many things that humans truly
need in order to live except for food
shelter and this essential resource
water is the lifeblood of our species
and you’d think it’d be a basic human
right paying for bottled water is one
thing because it’s typically a consumers
choice to purchase the liquid at a
premium when they can get it from the
tap unless you live in Flint Michigan of
course in the u.s. nothing in the law
ensures that citizens get free access to
water and in fact many Americans are
finding their water bills to be
prohibitively expensive number eight
checking accounts when you’re reviewing
your bank statement at the end of the
month you ever wonder what those
frequent but seemingly innocuous fees
are all about being charged for spending
your own money sounds downright comical
when you say it out loud but in fact
most people pay fees for their checking
accounts in addition to charges for
various uses we can already see this
trend beginning to change though with
pennies like tangerine in Canada working
to offer free checking accounts to its
users with zero hidden fees there are
services like this available worldwide
and if you do your homework you can
probably find one that works for you
number seven driving lessons we’re just
as worried about the state of the
environment as you are but if we’re
being realistic we know that driving
passenger vehicles isn’t gonna go away
anytime soon
everyone should learn to drive whether
there’s city dwellers who may never need
a car or not it’s a pretty essential
skill typically taught to teenagers and
yet it can be really expensive to
optimize road safety wouldn’t it make
sense if this were a state funded thing
then we could also guarantee consistency
in what pupils are taught across the
country number six
birth control this one may be a little
on the controversial side but there’s a
strong argument for it
many countries already have a lack of
sex education which creates a population
that’s ill-equipped to prevent unwanted
pregnancies even when they are informed
however access to contraceptives can be
difficult too pending on where you live
and in countries with privatized health
care going on hormonal birth control
like the pill can be financially
impossible for young people everyone
should be able to practice safe sex and
providing free contraceptive devices
especially for young people would
encourage that number five energy the
shift from fossil fuels to renewable
energy has been slowly taking place for
years but is the effects of climate
change worsen we can only predict that
the speed at which this transition takes
place will increase by nature renewable
energy sources like solar wind and tidal
power are practically infinite so as
they become more prevalent it follows
that energy consumption would become
much cheaper if not free if the world
ever ceases its dependence on fossil
fuels completely we can only hope the
government’s won’t opted to privatize
renewable energy sources number for
college several countries around the
world offer fully subsidized
post-secondary education but as you
probably know too well the United States
is not one of them annual tuition costs
in the US are shockingly expensive with
students in state universities paying
approximately twenty thousand dollars a
year and out-of-state students paying
thirty four thousand dollars
and that’s all for public schools a
report cited by Forbes said that the
average student debt among new grads in
America had reached 37,000 172 dollars
in 2016 you shouldn’t have to be rich to
get a good education so we’re hoping
that in the future
the u.s. follows in the footsteps of
countries like Denmark and Germany
number three the internet since in the
grand scheme of things the Internet is
relatively new to humanity
it might seem too pre-emptive to say it
should be free it’s not like it’s a
vital resource for survival like water
or is it today so many things are done
online from banking and accessing
government services to searching for
housing and jobs now of course most of
those things are still possible to
accomplish without an internet
connection some things however like
ever-changing school curriculums make it
necessary for students to access the
Internet in order to complete their
assignments we’re hoping that in the
future this is a service that will
eventually be provided to everyone
number two
public transportation we know something
has to change if we want to save our
planet and we know that our dependence
on fossil fuels is one of the issues
fueling this problem pun intended in
order to combat this problem many
countries have encouraged the use of
public transportation unfortunately many
transit systems are not developed enough
to convert the majority of drivers and
on top of that monthly passes can be
surprisingly pricy in New York City a
metro pass is a hundred and twenty one
dollars a month while in Toronto it’s
over a hundred and forty dollars a month
by offering fully subsidized public
transit citizens would be encouraged to
ditch their cars and diminish their
ecological footprint number one health
care can you imagine a world where a
visit to the clinic or emergency room
doesn’t necessitate you pulling out your
wallet or dreading dealing with an
insurance claim in many developed
countries around the world that’s a
reality the cost of health care in the
United States is frightening and if you
aren’t covered by insurance through your
workplace purchasing private insurance
can be unaffordable for many families
moving forward the US would be smart to
look at the examples being set in Europe
and around the world where Universal and
single-payer health care systems allow
people to spend much less and you
on their health do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
sustain human life all of these things
cost way too much welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten things
that should be free in the future
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell
to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re looking at goods and
services that we hope will become cost
free in the coming years we recognize
that some of these things may already be
free in some countries but they’re not
necessarily available in the US or
worldwide without cost number 10
luggage on flights remember the days
when a flight meant a checked bag and a
hot albeit questionable meal those days
are long gone
Airlines in the United States began
charging fees for checked luggage around
2008 when the world was undergoing a
financial crisis and oil prices were at
an all-time high many of the major
airlines were in crisis and needed a way
to increase their profits today however
airline fuel prices have dropped and yet
more and more airlines or forcing
passengers to choose between checking a
bag or saving money flying is expensive
as it is so throwing extra fees at us
just seems wrong number 9 water there
aren’t many things that humans truly
need in order to live except for food
shelter and this essential resource
water is the lifeblood of our species
and you’d think it’d be a basic human
right paying for bottled water is one
thing because it’s typically a consumers
choice to purchase the liquid at a
premium when they can get it from the
tap unless you live in Flint Michigan of
course in the u.s. nothing in the law
ensures that citizens get free access to
water and in fact many Americans are
finding their water bills to be
prohibitively expensive number eight
checking accounts when you’re reviewing
your bank statement at the end of the
month you ever wonder what those
frequent but seemingly innocuous fees
are all about being charged for spending
your own money sounds downright comical
when you say it out loud but in fact
most people pay fees for their checking
accounts in addition to charges for
various uses we can already see this
trend beginning to change though with
pennies like tangerine in Canada working
to offer free checking accounts to its
users with zero hidden fees there are
services like this available worldwide
and if you do your homework you can
probably find one that works for you
number seven driving lessons we’re just
as worried about the state of the
environment as you are but if we’re
being realistic we know that driving
passenger vehicles isn’t gonna go away
anytime soon
everyone should learn to drive whether
there’s city dwellers who may never need
a car or not it’s a pretty essential
skill typically taught to teenagers and
yet it can be really expensive to
optimize road safety wouldn’t it make
sense if this were a state funded thing
then we could also guarantee consistency
in what pupils are taught across the
country number six
birth control this one may be a little
on the controversial side but there’s a
strong argument for it
many countries already have a lack of
sex education which creates a population
that’s ill-equipped to prevent unwanted
pregnancies even when they are informed
however access to contraceptives can be
difficult too pending on where you live
and in countries with privatized health
care going on hormonal birth control
like the pill can be financially
impossible for young people everyone
should be able to practice safe sex and
providing free contraceptive devices
especially for young people would
encourage that number five energy the
shift from fossil fuels to renewable
energy has been slowly taking place for
years but is the effects of climate
change worsen we can only predict that
the speed at which this transition takes
place will increase by nature renewable
energy sources like solar wind and tidal
power are practically infinite so as
they become more prevalent it follows
that energy consumption would become
much cheaper if not free if the world
ever ceases its dependence on fossil
fuels completely we can only hope the
government’s won’t opted to privatize
renewable energy sources number for
college several countries around the
world offer fully subsidized
post-secondary education but as you
probably know too well the United States
is not one of them annual tuition costs
in the US are shockingly expensive with
students in state universities paying
approximately twenty thousand dollars a
year and out-of-state students paying
thirty four thousand dollars
and that’s all for public schools a
report cited by Forbes said that the
average student debt among new grads in
America had reached 37,000 172 dollars
in 2016 you shouldn’t have to be rich to
get a good education so we’re hoping
that in the future
the u.s. follows in the footsteps of
countries like Denmark and Germany
number three the internet since in the
grand scheme of things the Internet is
relatively new to humanity
it might seem too pre-emptive to say it
should be free it’s not like it’s a
vital resource for survival like water
or is it today so many things are done
online from banking and accessing
government services to searching for
housing and jobs now of course most of
those things are still possible to
accomplish without an internet
connection some things however like
ever-changing school curriculums make it
necessary for students to access the
Internet in order to complete their
assignments we’re hoping that in the
future this is a service that will
eventually be provided to everyone
number two
public transportation we know something
has to change if we want to save our
planet and we know that our dependence
on fossil fuels is one of the issues
fueling this problem pun intended in
order to combat this problem many
countries have encouraged the use of
public transportation unfortunately many
transit systems are not developed enough
to convert the majority of drivers and
on top of that monthly passes can be
surprisingly pricy in New York City a
metro pass is a hundred and twenty one
dollars a month while in Toronto it’s
over a hundred and forty dollars a month
by offering fully subsidized public
transit citizens would be encouraged to
ditch their cars and diminish their
ecological footprint number one health
care can you imagine a world where a
visit to the clinic or emergency room
doesn’t necessitate you pulling out your
wallet or dreading dealing with an
insurance claim in many developed
countries around the world that’s a
reality the cost of health care in the
United States is frightening and if you
aren’t covered by insurance through your
workplace purchasing private insurance
can be unaffordable for many families
moving forward the US would be smart to
look at the examples being set in Europe
and around the world where Universal and
single-payer health care systems allow
people to spend much less and you
on their health do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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