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15. That's a great plan

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Mon May 4, 2015, 09:26 AM

May 2015

I would quibble with some specifics but that's exactly something we could do right now.

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Basic income: the world's simplest plan to end poverty, explained [View all] Recursion May 2015 OP

It'll happen eventually, but it's a last resort kind of thing The2ndWheel May 2015 #1

Not as long as the oldies.. butterfly77 May 2015 #62

I used to be among the folks who believed it should be set up such that Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #2

Difference being, I believe you are a person of goodwill, seeking a just solution. I don't believe merrily May 2015 #4

Another difference being trillions of dollars whatthehey May 2015 #10

Keep in mind taxes can recover the funds. jeff47 May 2015 #14

To make it universal, taxes would literally have to double whatthehey May 2015 #23

No, not really. jeff47 May 2015 #27

that's just silliness whatthehey May 2015 #43

Silliness is not bothering to read what you are replying to. jeff47 May 2015 #48

I don't trust your conservative friends. merrily May 2015 #3

So let the rich also have the money. eggplant May 2015 #6

The larger issue is that I don't think this is their endgame. The endgame always seems to be merrily May 2015 #11

This goes hand-in-hand daredtowork May 2015 #38

The stigma aspirant May 2015 #41

You and I have posted to each other enough that I hope you know my heart is with merrily May 2015 #50

I agree there are reasons to be suspicious daredtowork May 2015 #52

Averting a revolution-not so much French as Russian--was IMO merrily May 2015 #54

What are some of your fears of ulterior motives? nt daredtowork May 2015 #56

They are as I've already stated several times. merrily May 2015 #57

But what are those motivations? nt daredtowork May 2015 #59

Are you asking me why conservatives are pushing this (at least, according to Recursion's OP)? merrily May 2015 #60

You also have leftist friends, like me, who support it. lovemydog May 2015 #7

If they are no eligibility requirements, how does one exclude the rich? merrily May 2015 #8

I think you just state on your tax form for each year lovemydog May 2015 #9

? I don't state my net worth on my federal income tax form every year. merrily May 2015 #12

My bad. lovemydog May 2015 #45

Why exclude the rich? Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #36

Exactly. eggplant May 2015 #46

You give the money to everyone, and recover it from the wealthy via taxes. jeff47 May 2015 #16

Either way, it seems easy to attack and eliminate. See welfare and Social Security. merrily May 2015 #17

SS is enduring aspirant May 2015 #18

I've already posted why I think it was enduring when only Republicans were attacking it. merrily May 2015 #19

Obama and the Dems caved on Chained CPI aspirant May 2015 #22

I disagree with your version of the facts. merrily May 2015 #25

Disagree back aspirant May 2015 #28

The same thing would have happened as when W tried to eliminate it flush from victory jeff47 May 2015 #24

Again, Democrats opposed Bush. They had begun to support Obama. merrily May 2015 #26

Bush had a Republican House and Senate. jeff47 May 2015 #30

I'm in favor of basic income. lovemydog May 2015 #5

Gradual process aspirant May 2015 #13

That's a great plan Recursion May 2015 #15

DURec leftstreet May 2015 #20

So simple a solution Lee-Lee May 2015 #21

The money should come from taxing natural resources. WDIM May 2015 #29

+1000 Cleita May 2015 #53

Minimum wage needs to be much higher for this to work MichMan May 2015 #31

If the $25,000 payer aspirant May 2015 #33

They always talk about giving but where does upaloopa May 2015 #32

"money come from" aspirant May 2015 #34

Nobody who is for this on DU has any idea upaloopa May 2015 #40

Is it just to complicated for us aspirant May 2015 #42

Here's an article from The Economist. lovemydog May 2015 #47

I think the idea would create such massive upaloopa May 2015 #61

Taxes, the same place money for other stuff comes from Chathamization May 2015 #51

Bring on the robots and the minimum income. RadiationTherapy May 2015 #35

Agree aspirant May 2015 #37

I like to think of it as a national dividend... hunter May 2015 #39

I like the monthly dividend concept since aspirant May 2015 #49

How about calling it aspirant May 2015 #44

It wasn't "beans", it was "dried beans" Trillo May 2015 #55

I would be wondering lancer78 May 2015 #58