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Angleae

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3. And you plan on getting the money for this from ... where?

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Tue Mar 18, 2014, 05:34 AM

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5 Reasons to Consider a No-Strings-Attached, Basic Income for All Americans [View all] xchrom Mar 2014 OP

That would only be about one Trillion dollars/year in the USA seveneyes Mar 2014 #1

I think it would cost a lot less than that ... 300 bil./year, perhaps. n/t Laelth Mar 2014 #58

I think it metioned 3k/year for every man, woman and child seveneyes Mar 2014 #65

Not all of us will get the check. n/t Laelth Mar 2014 #70

Isn't that the idea of a no-strings-attached, basic income? whopis01 Mar 2014 #76

Dependent minors probably would not. nt tblue37 Nov 2015 #80

It would be a heckuva lot cheaper to administer... no more red tape as to who qualifies! reformist2 Mar 2014 #2

And you plan on getting the money for this from ... where? Angleae Mar 2014 #3

Taxes and/or print it. It actually wouldn't be much more expensive than our patchwork welfare system reformist2 Mar 2014 #5

+100000 And the benefits... woo me with science Mar 2014 #16

Amen.... daleanime Mar 2014 #53

A lot of the jobs that get done in our society are only done because Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #61

I love the shelter animal comparison! hunter Mar 2014 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author hunter Mar 2014 #67

I think you must be wrong about that Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #24

Actually, you don't need those programs. jeff47 Mar 2014 #37

People assume taxes paid is a function of one number - tax rates joeglow3 Mar 2014 #41

It's a reasonable shorthand when discussing topics on a web site. jeff47 Mar 2014 #42

People also assume (incorrectly) that we can pay for everything by simply raising Common Sense Party Mar 2014 #59

Don't say that jmowreader Mar 2014 #72

I think that makes much more sense than what we've been doing. Common Sense Party Mar 2014 #75

& from not as many needed to be jailed for illegal work activity. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #56

Same place we get money for military, CIA, black ops eShirl Mar 2014 #7

As a SS recipient. SS is not enough to really raise dotymed Mar 2014 #4

they base your income based on an average of your best 35 years of employment magical thyme Mar 2014 #17

Unfortunately dotymed Mar 2014 #35

wow, I didn't realize that. magical thyme Mar 2014 #45

Those statements are true. dotymed Mar 2014 #77

The constant drumbeat of socialist propagangda Chico Man Mar 2014 #6

What's wrong with alternet? eShirl Mar 2014 #8

LOL, someone railing against "socialist" articles on a website for Democrats! reformist2 Mar 2014 #9

What do you expect a2liberal Mar 2014 #11

it is pretty funny though hfojvt Mar 2014 #43

! KG Mar 2014 #13

Thomas Paine was the first to promote basic minimum income RainDog Mar 2014 #18

Beautiful post. woo me with science Mar 2014 #21

+2 xchrom Mar 2014 #23

People are so afraid of great new ideas... even "new ideas" that are 200+ years old! reformist2 Mar 2014 #25

Sadly, he's not joking. HughBeaumont Mar 2014 #26

pitiful n/t RainDog Mar 2014 #55

you may have that backwards hfojvt Mar 2014 #44

no, I'm afraid you've misunderstood RainDog Mar 2014 #48

socialism, though, as I learned in graduate school hfojvt Mar 2014 #50

Socialism is part of social democracy RainDog Mar 2014 #54

+1 daleanime Mar 2014 #57

One correction: AAO Mar 2014 #68

Oh, cool. Red-Baiting for breakfast. Because THAT'S what was missing. HughBeaumont Mar 2014 #27

Yes, an idea proposed by Richard Nixon is socialist propaganda. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2014 #39

Yeah.. god forbid we should consider anything that SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #78

I would argue Chico Man Mar 2014 #79

Shades of Richard Nixon Demeter Mar 2014 #10

The idea needs a new name demwing Mar 2014 #12

Well, it might get people interested in it. progressoid Mar 2014 #73

hmmm, apparently single, childless people need not apply hfojvt Mar 2014 #46

Sounds like an excellent idea to me A Little Weird Mar 2014 #14

Me too dotymed Mar 2014 #36

I'm 100% in favor lovemydog Mar 2014 #15

Free the (wage) slaves. n/t PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #19

I don't think the Kochs need any more, do you? WinkyDink Mar 2014 #20

My only concern would be that it would create a two-tiered society Victor_c3 Mar 2014 #22

So you prefer the 2-tiered society we have now? RC Mar 2014 #30

I thought those jobs were going to be replaced with robots? eShirl Mar 2014 #31

It certainly would let us 'downsize the government' Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #28

Please include unicorns that fart glitter upaloopa Mar 2014 #29

Every little bit helps. RC Mar 2014 #33

I can't tell if your argument is that it's too little, or too much. n/t eShirl Mar 2014 #34

Iknowrite!? JoeyT Mar 2014 #47

I do not break wind, particularly of the glittery sort. nt Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #69

I love the idea of replacing basically all our entitlement programs with a minimum income Recursion Mar 2014 #32

Oh, they'll still make that argument jeff47 Mar 2014 #38

There's another reason they don't cover in the article. jeff47 Mar 2014 #40

The idea is a good one. However, unless we can elect an MineralMan Mar 2014 #49

Plan for the future.... daleanime Mar 2014 #62

Unemployment is a necessary part of capitalism, there fore, unemployed workers must be payed. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #51

Fairy dust and unicorns taught_me_patience Mar 2014 #52

"Fairy Dust and Unicorns" . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2014 #63

Philippe Van Parijs has done quite a bit of work on this RainDog Mar 2014 #71

Inevitable if current trends in productivity continue. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #60

How much would the minimum income be? hughee99 Mar 2014 #64

Kickity. Lunacee_2013 Mar 2014 #74