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MichMan

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48. Let's assume for arguments sake that the $1500 per month for two years happens?

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Mon Jul 27, 2020, 07:28 PM

Jul 2020

What politicians are going to campaign on taking it away after two years ?

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Temporary UBI monthly payment of $1500 for all Americans for two years [View all] Yavin4 Jul 2020 OP

I would prefer the $1K per month Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #1

Let's experiment and see how it goes. n/t Yavin4 Jul 2020 #3

Yang laid it all out very succinctly during his campaign Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #4

except it doesnt remotely have the support of nearly enough people qazplm135 Jul 2020 #7

I am all for a UBI Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #27

Cool so I get to collect $36,000 to spend, THEN pay it all back jmg257 Jul 2020 #2

Who says that you have to spend it? Yavin4 Jul 2020 #5

Well there ya go! Why take it if I need to give it back? jmg257 Jul 2020 #6

Most people in America don't make $90 or more Yavin4 Jul 2020 #8

Well I got screwed out of the $1200 even though I was furloughed, jmg257 Jul 2020 #9

I agree with $200. Would even go down to $175. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #12

If you aren't working then you wouldn't be making that money so you would not have to pay it back JI7 Jul 2020 #50

Same. Happy Hoosier Jul 2020 #53

What in the world is the marginal tax rate above $90k? PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #15

Are we paying all the 18,000 back, or the 33%? jmg257 Jul 2020 #22

The article does not seem to address that. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #26

And it's important to make it possible for people to stay off work dawg day Jul 2020 #10

+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #20

Over 90k Pays It Back? ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #11

If you want a higher income threshold, fine. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #18

In A Crisis... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #45

Let me check this out DFW Jul 2020 #13

We need to make public policy that helps the vast majority of people, not just DFW. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #19

"We?" Say no more. That pretty much says it all. DFW Jul 2020 #32

Why give it to me if I have to pay it back? roamer65 Jul 2020 #14

You don't seem to care that the Fed is creating money to prop up Wall Street Yavin4 Jul 2020 #17

I am not in favor of unlimited QE. roamer65 Jul 2020 #21

But it's happening whether you're in favor of it or not. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #24

That's why I am dumping dollars. roamer65 Jul 2020 #25

Why and the world would my wife and I get $3000 per month. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #16

Because we're in a crisis of epic proportion. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #23

Actually the majority of Americans are working. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #30

"Actually the majority of Americans are working." And the virus is spreading because of that. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #31

So we extended the $600 a week if that happens. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #33

That kind of half-measured thinking is what got us Trump in 2016 Yavin4 Jul 2020 #35

Now that's just Bullshit. Ideas like these could not even win in the Democratic primary GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #41

I like it. Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author marie999 Jul 2020 #29

Doing the math customerserviceguy Jul 2020 #34

Modern Monetary Theory Yavin4 Jul 2020 #37

Sounds like a fancy word for hyperinflation customerserviceguy Jul 2020 #39

I wouldn't want to put the inflation risk to the test Amishman Jul 2020 #42

I want a unicorn awesomerwb1 Jul 2020 #36

By this time next year, the Democrats will own this crisis. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #38

Cool story awesomerwb1 Jul 2020 #40

Have you? I have some. Yavin4 Jul 2020 #43

lol awesomerwb1 Jul 2020 #44

Where's the Fed getting the money to support the stock market? Yavin4 Jul 2020 #46

You tell me awesomerwb1 Jul 2020 #47

Let's assume for arguments sake that the $1500 per month for two years happens? MichMan Jul 2020 #48

Exactly what I have been saying should have been done from the start JI7 Jul 2020 #49

Precisely, but a lot of Americans have this very narrow view of how things should be Yavin4 Jul 2020 #51

If your gonna send me something... Happy Hoosier Jul 2020 #52