[supercat]

Giving people who made a career out of bad decisions a "guaranteed income" comes with only ONE guarantee - we will create a new class of poor decision makers who don't spend their "guaranteed income" intelligently.

How would that create a new class? Seems to me that class already exists. At least the 'guaranteed income' concept would remove the punishments imposed on those who try to get ahead.

[DustyMoment]

How would that create a new class?

It would create a new class of "poor" people with a guaranteed income rather than the current crop of "poor" people living off of a substandard "guaranteed income" called welfare.

With a "guaranteed income" of up to $30,000, they can buy a lot of drugs and booze, but the money, in most cases, will not be used to improve their economic situation.

This plan is simply a new way to distribute wealth at higher rates to people whose only motivation in life is to get other to pay their way. Consider it a huge pay raise for welfare recipients and see if it sounds any better.