Giving people cash is useless cos food prices/rent/taxes will go up

You won’t run out of money

Or things get more expensive ?

poor people dont give a fuck about stimulating the economy. if youre jobless, getting 1k a month isnt going to help you start a business anymore than relying on government cheese helps you start a business.

Poor people spend money on local businesses

Hahaha inflation devalue of money

You're assuming humans are responsible.

That stimulates the economy... I don’t understand? Be the one that starts a business in your community

Venezuela outcome

No....

If y’all want I can send you studies from economist on the issue. Maybe reading it will clear things up?

A very small percentage of working class would be ok with UBI period

Maybe I’m not explaining things properly.

No, you're just dumb.

Don’t want to read something that is a bad idea

i'm down to read it lol

76 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. 51 percent of that says they can’t afford an unexpected $500 bill

Many of these people are middle class Americans.

Sucks for them. People lose in Capitalism. It's the price we pay for... Not being in gulags

i could see liquidation of welfare being more of a conservative idea that reduces overhead and government spending.

I guess I just have a different mentality and that’s ok

There are winners and losers

Ok but we’re all humans and we should help each other. Especially if an idea will bring us ahead economically

I’d actually be interested in a study of eliminating welfare

Our GDP is being carried by giant tech companies right now

Yes that’s humans help each other through non profits churches etc not government involvement

People should be dependent on people, not the government. "Welfare" should be charity, not a human right

You never count on government for that

liquidation of welfare is not the same as ubi too.

See that’s the main difference between Lou and others Lou wants government to decide and I don’t

I don’t want government to decide

I’d be good with ridding ourselves of welfare in general probably the worst thing USA has done

But we might as well use the government for something useful. Did you guys know DC is the richest city/state in the country?

All these politicians becoming millionaires while the average middle class American continues to lose

gee i wonder why

So instead of arguing we can fix it. Why do you think the government would never support UBI many of them are funded by giant tech companies.

Off our taxes dude

well theyre funded by us.

I would argue you can even get rid off income tax through Value Added Tax

@lou777 is the average middle class American better off now than they was 10-20 years ago?

Now with people being laid off with the corona virus?