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thomhartmann

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Mon Dec 15, 2014, 05:35 PM Dec 2014

Thom Hartmann: Is Basic Income Total Freedom?



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Thom Hartmann: Is Basic Income Total Freedom? (Original Post) thomhartmann Dec 2014 OP
A "peoples stimulus". I like it. 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #1
But undeserving poor people (=minorities) might get money! The government should only give money to tclambert Dec 2014 #2
kickski Snarkoleptic Dec 2014 #3
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
1. A "peoples stimulus". I like it.
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 08:48 PM
Dec 2014

But sad to say, I don't have much faith it will ever become the law of the land, not in USA.

Here we prefer cheat our workers out of a fair wage and lock up the poor & minorities to do slave labor,
so that people with more money than they know what to do with, can get even more money.

tclambert

(11,194 posts)
2. But undeserving poor people (=minorities) might get money! The government should only give money to
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 09:26 PM
Dec 2014

undeserving rich people.

(Except this is exactly what Republicans will think.)

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