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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 75642278:MV8zNTcxODM1XzY3NjcwOTgwX0MxMzIyNzk4] [quote:Fret Wiz:MV8zNTcxODM1XzYzNzkxMzE0XzIyOTVGM0FD] [quote:Anonymous Coward 75011669:MV8zNTcxODM1XzRENEZFNkVE] "Universal Basic Income" makes sense even for Republicans IF they actually do the math. [/quote] No it doesn't. You're trying to shift what are already far too many federal dollars in welfare entitlements to another entitlement, ostensibly disguised as 'entitlement for all', which is the OPPOSITE of entitlement. *This* conservative mind would prefer elimination of 85% of those dollars and a working, productive population. Math? Shuffling money around like that isn't math, it's closer to laundering. lol. [/quote] End global trade with other nations and work available would skyrocket and wages would go up to what we had 30 years ago. The problem I have with global capitalists is they want the exuberant profits globalism offers while shitting on this country. The cry for a basic income is exactly because what global capitalists have done to this country. [/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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