I first heard the term “basic income” in the socialist magazine Dissent in 2005. I was a 15-year-old leftist …I am sorry you got off to such a miserable start, Mr. Matthews. You still have time to wake up to the truth.
Welfare is a universal minimal income.
It hasn’t fixed a thing.
No it wouldn’t.
Whatever the ‘basic’ income is will buy you a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter ... if you’re lucky.
All the other incomes above ‘basic’ will rise to be what will buy the same stuff as today.
Complete dolts in this country canno think themselves out of a wet paper bag.
Yeah, I know I would take a Janitorial job if there was a “Basic Income”. College kids that come up with such nonsense live in a Fairy tale world
Why stop at a “basic income”? Why not go for a “fantastically elaborate income”?
[Caveat: I think that caring for the poor is an essential part of godly living. I just grew up during the days of East and West Germany and noticed the different outcomes of the two different systems. The “middle class” in East Germany were poorer than the “poor” in West Germany. Still, I’m always open to great ideas for helping the poor. This just doesn’t seem to be one of those great ideas.]
And just WHO is going to actually PAY enough in taxes ( surely NOT the Tech billionaires....they don't part with a dime, unless there's some payoff )to pay for this garbage ?
Ping.
Dissent survive the 1950s so-called “witchhunt”. Why didn’t they ever go to Communist countries and urge THEM to reform their systems with liberal changes to be more Utopian? Why only attack the Capitalist West for over half a century?
” Nor has it quieted concerns about immigrants as potential drains on public resources. “
They ARE a drain if they are considered refugees——they get all of the freebies,immediately.
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I have an answer. Do a basic job and get a basic income.
Want Money? Figure it out. This is America.
Do what you do. If it is nothing, then don’t bother me.
Here is what would happen in Reality. Five young guys each with a “Basic Income” of $12,000 or combined $60,000, would reant an apartment and be on Safari to stay.
No. But success was never an issue. As long as we subsidize it then we will be creating green jobs.
This whole concept is silly. Trump can end poverty tomorrow.
Just change the definition - it is already an entirely subjective mark which is not, AT ALL, based on what folks a couple generations back would call poverty.
I would define it as homeless and / or starving.
Folks with three TVs, an iPhone for each, beer and food in the fridge, an air conditioned roof over head and a butt that gets mail in two zip codes... are not in poverty.
It is a relative definition today. It can't be eliminated without eliminating variance in income and wealth.
The whole topic is something for the states to decide anyway, not the feds.
He looks like Thomas Paine.
Basic wisdom would end dumb articles like this forever.
A basic income will pay you the cost of inflation which is not the fantasy world on the Unicorn Farm. Instead, you will be in the same poverty you thought you were leaving.
Like Keynesian economics, basic income is a policy that serious economists need to investigate thoroughly and not be given the empty Unicorn dreams I waded though in this piece by Dylan Matthews.
There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.
Apparently Mathews has learned nothing. He’s still part of the something-for-nothing crowd.
Dear nitwit,
No, it will not.
Poverty will simply be redefined. The income will be deemed "insufficient to meet basic necessities" and we will be off again.
How do I know?
Real true poverty is totally unknown in the US. Yes, even among the homeless.
Congratulations! We have succeeded in getting rid of poverty. Except you just redefined what poverty is.
And so here we are.
Quite frankly I am tired of hearing the same old "bright new idea" from the same imbeciles decade after decade.
Please remove yourself forthwith to a place of great heat.
Hugs and Kisses,
HTB
12 years, and the guy still thinks like a 15 year old, with a slightly larger vocabulary.