Posted on 04/26/2018 7:10:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Emboldened by a base thirsty for bold new initiatives, ambitious Democrats have spent large chunks of the Trump era building and working out how to sell a slate of unapologetically progressive policy programs.
Now, as the 2020 presidential primaries come into sight, yet another new front is emerging. Over the last two weeks, a growing roster of potential candidates for the Democratic nomination have stated or affirmed their support for some form of legislation that would guarantee a job to every American.
The party's left flank has, for decades, sought to advance universal solutions to perennial problems. Since President Donald Trump's election, which sealed Republicans' grip on power in Washington, Democratic politicians and policymakers, along with one notable independent senator, are moving toward that vision -- creating a new framework for how the party might operate if it can regain the White House and congressional majorities over the next two years.
Though still a work in progress, it would guarantee wages of at least $15 an hour, indexed to inflation by the program's fourth year, offer retirement and health benefits on par with other federal employees, child care assistance and 12 weeks of paid family leave. The jobs listed include everything from park maintenance to construction work and home care.
But there are also loftier ideals in play. The draft describes what would be a massive new entitlement as "more than simply an economic fix."
"People working under the federal job guarantee will be serving their communities and their country, uniting use together in a common purpose, rebuilding the social fabric of our nation," it reads.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
After only a few decades, history shows that these “jobs” will degenerate into starving people sifting through human feces with their fingers, looking for corn kernels to eat for survival...
Great idea, Democrats.
FREE SCHIT! Free Schit for everybody!
Guaranteed wage for all, impeach Trump, and raise taxes - sounds like a winning platform to me!
It’s a siren call my friends, very seductive.
Useless eaters devolving into useless re-eaters. Not a pretty picture.
Record low unemployment. Don’t they realize that their voters would rather have their free handouts than a job?
Hope they keep this up for the election.
I always preferred to hang out with these people. It was a lot easier to get laid.
My German mother spoke of such an Economy when she was growing up. Didn’t work.
The gimmedats are going to get it.
Let me take a stab at it....AHHH..votes maybe? Union votes maybe? Enlarging unions maybe? Raising taxes maybe?
In other words the Democrats want to put the entire country into an expanded version of Job Corps. Get your shovels ready folks!
Question: If you are chronically unproductive on your guaranteed job, or show up late, or miss work, can you be fired?
If so, what happens to you then? Does the government simply invent another guaranteed job for you?
What the government gives, the government can take away. Why don’t these idiots get that?
The oldest scam since the dawn of Mankind. Something for Nothing.
This is where Bernie got it wrong.
The US has been doing this for decades.
It’s called “government.”
>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-lowest-level-since-123708205--finance.html<
"initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 209,000 for the week ended April 21, the lowest level since December 1969. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims falling to 230,000 in the latest week."
and your chicks for free.
You don’t get something for nothing.
You can’t have freedom for free.
You won’t get wise with the sleep still in your eyes.
No matter what your dream may be.
—Peart
:)
“We pretend to work, they pretend to pay us”
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