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"Universal Basic Income" makes sense even for Republicans IF they actually do the math.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 70958538:MV8zNTcxODM1XzYzNzkxODE4XzI3NzY1MDY2] [quote:Anonymous Coward 73163033:MV8zNTcxODM1XzYzNzkxNzI5XzcwMDA3NDBF] [quote:R. Wordsworth:MV8zNTcxODM1XzYzNzkxNjY4XzYyQTlFQkFC] It would cost 1.5 trillion per year to give every adult in America $500 per month... not even enough to live on. In order to do that without borrowing money, we would have to raise the taxes of every working age American by $1000 per month... I guess that would be a net $500 per month. Do you have $500 per month lying around? I guess just borrow more from our enemies then? :1dunno1: [/quote] I couldn't live off $500 a month, but that extra income would be enough that I could retire TODAY. Thanks for your hard work supporting me! [/quote] So, you could retire today... because you have assets such as a 401k or a paid off home? Would you have been able to acquire those things if you had been paying $500 more per month in taxes your whole life? [/quote]
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Instead of just reflexively opposing a Basic Income in the US, the Republicans should actually look at the advantages.
If the new Basic Income Law is passed so that it completely REPLACES welfare payments, food stamps, Social Security payments, disability payments, and ALL other government payments, the savings in paper shuffling and bureaucracy alone would pay for the new program.
Also, by writing the new law to apply to "US Citizens ONLY," it would eliminate Billions of dollars in payments to illegals in all of those replaced programs.
A Basic Income would also increase the buying power for retailers, etc. This idea makes perfect sense from both a liberal and conservative perspective.
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