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In reply to the discussion: I do not need the proposed money giveaway. [View all]Hekate
(96,038 posts)You know he recommends an automatic life-stipend for all adults, an allowance if you will. I have not yet read his book, but my husband has, with great appreciation. What I have to say is in the sphere of common knowledge, and things I learned at DU.
My husband and I are in our 70s and comfortably off, having worked our way up from blue-collar public-school childhoods in aspirational families. Our kids are not well off. They inherited a broken system -- not our fault and certainly not theirs. There is more scrambling going on than we knew. The fact that we are okay and don't need the money being talked about doesn't mean they don't.
You DUers know all know that most people in this country are one paycheck away from disaster. It's that bad. In fact, over the years we've gotten to know DUers who are just scraping by in their own lives. Other DUers are well off to various degrees -- all good Dems.
Back when Dubya got rid of the budget surplus left to him by Bill Clinton, things were sunnier. I took the money sent to us by Dubya and split it between Planned Parenthood and a local group dedicated to liberal causes.
Now? I'd split it between my adult kids, and hope.
As it is, I am wondering what to do about the cleaning ladies who come into my house every two weeks. They work hard for the money & I appreciate what they do. They are also in the category of workers in America with little or no safety net. I've decided I really need to lay them off for at least a month -- and I've decided to give them half-pay instead of no pay. I hope that's right.
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