Milton Friedman observing how means tested programs created a disincentive to work came up with the idea of a Guaranteed Minimum Income. Also, Charles Murray has a book on this. He claims if you take all the income redistribution programs you send each man, woman, and child in America a check for $10,000 per year. I would be in favor of this approach if it meant replacing all the current gov’t programs and firing all the case workers and bureaucrats.
” I would be in favor of this approach if it meant replacing all the current gov’t programs and firing all the case workers and bureaucrats.”
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“I would be in favor of this approach if it meant replacing all the current gov’t programs and firing all the case workers and bureaucrats.”
The unionized gov’t employees would never go for that. I told a union I worked for in CA that it would just be cheaper to give food stamps to anyone that asked for them instead of paying high wages, insurance and pensions to workers to ascertain eligibility, and I thought he was going to fire me. He told me to be quiet.
If third world economic expansion (globalization) and automation replaces middle class and working class jobs in the West, something has to give. They will never get rid of the socialist middle men who will skim off the majority of any money for themselves and their pals - corruption. The population will have overseers to order them around and fight about the money.
Education money should be included if such a system existed so everyone could do as they please with schooling. EPA’s money would have to go because everyone would have the time to take care of nature (haha). Who needs homeland insecurity - they don’t do anything to protect us anyway with leaving the borders wide open. Congress would not have to meet too much to pass off money to their corporate and multinational pals. And why allow the state department to dish out money to foreigners that could go right into Americans’ pockets. No IRS - no income to take. Hey, wait a minute...
Like the way she lumps libertarians with liberals on this economic policy. I would not doubt that it is true.