[Clemenza]

COLA was one of DP Moynihan's "brilliant" ideas that Nixon played with for a time.

[Cronos]

a guaranteed annual income for every American.

NO way

Why should hard-working members of society have to pay for dead-beats? In fact the welfare state should be scrapped, no more dole. It should be like in Singapore where, if you're out of a job, the government looks up your skillsets and gives you a job -- no handouts. You can leave that job anytime you get better prospects and if you don't perform well in the govt job, you get pushed to a lower govt job but you don't get a handout.