Message from @Soup Can Sam
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There are all sorts of reasons people come to America
Ok, sure
$1000/month would already
make a lot of people happy
At would a UBI hurt that
?
The whole point of Yang's UBI is to stimulate OUR economy
but instead you're going to have it hemorrhaging toward other's economy
Countries that were reliant on the US Dollar now becomes heavily reliant on the US dollars now
Why
Explain the mechanism behind why that would happen please
Are you suggesting vast number of people take their UBI money and send it to friend or family in foreign countries?
Or just foreign consumer spending?
UBI is too radical for the US govt
like that shit will quickly get shutdown at congress
like cosby said, UBI is the future but americans aren't ready for it yet
Political winds shift pretty quickly.
Get used to it
Pioneers like trump are guiding us in the right direction.
Oh dear...
I mean the easiest way to fix that is make the qualifications for UBI be natural born or naturalized for more than X years
Did you just say "Universal Basic Income?
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I believe you should work up the ladder to achieve success and earn more money. Universal income kinda eliminates that purpose doesnt it?
I don't need the government to become my daddy. We should be able to be independently sufficient in order to make due pay possible.
UBI covers your most basic needs, not success
People cant usually achieve success when they're starving or homeless
They're still very well able to
And the conditions weren't present back then for anything of the sort to happen
We still have to have a good safety net for them
Job automation is another consideration for UBI
@Dr.Cosby Also, 10% VAT isn't that much. Remember, Europe pays 20% VAT
10% is nothing
Also, welfare has the problem that is causes people on welfare to fear finding a job (since they're scared that they'll be worse off by finding a job as that welfare will be taken)
Right but UBI woudn't cut off because you got a job
That would just create a resentment among the working class and ultimately fail
Why a resentment among the working class?
Because if you're working and not even better off than somebody who isn't working, that would build resentment
GG @Soup Can Sam, you just advanced to level 5!
but if you're working hard, *you will be better off than them*
also welfare is typically *less remuneration than even a minimum wage job*