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moondust

(21,263 posts)
16. Both are unearned income, yes?
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 01:23 PM
Apr 2014

The problem is that in one case the money comes from a private donor and in the other case the money comes from tax revenues.

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No, but Jackpine Radical Apr 2014 #1
It wouldn't be bad to have a guaranteed income, seems like it would reduce poverty, Trillo Apr 2014 #2
No, Sir, The Thing Cannot Be Done The Magistrate Apr 2014 #3
Great graphic yurbud Apr 2014 #21
I think this guaranteed income argument is going down the wrong path theboss Apr 2014 #4
The system is designed to keep the rich at the top and make sure we never get there. dilby Apr 2014 #5
It's not about principles, or theories, or even party; it's what George Carlin said, closeupready Apr 2014 #6
yep. a lot of the stuff on the right isn't ideology, it's excuses yurbud Apr 2014 #13
Yes. ( n/t ) Make7 Apr 2014 #7
I do not understand the idea of a guaranteed upaloopa Apr 2014 #8
imagine if everyone were a trust fund baby who got a very modest annual income yurbud Apr 2014 #12
One thing is never mentioned upaloopa Apr 2014 #18
supply of physical goods is not a problem lately since it takes fewer and fewer people to make yurbud Apr 2014 #19
Of course they can. They're totally unrelated to each other. badtoworse Apr 2014 #9
Sure they can n2doc Apr 2014 #10
the irony of inherited wealth is after about probably 3 (at most) generations yurbud Apr 2014 #14
No. n/t Orsino Apr 2014 #11
I'm primarily thinking of arguments based on effects rather than the fairness of where the money yurbud Apr 2014 #15
Both are unearned income, yes? moondust Apr 2014 #16
If we were truly democratic, we could decide as a country to be the donors yurbud Apr 2014 #20
Yes.... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #17
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